EMPIRE STATE - Designed and Developed by HEC: Done On Time & Within Budget HEC was awarded a contract from MARAD to develop a concept design for a new training ship (NSMV) for the five State Maritime Academies (SMA) that would also function as a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) vessel for [...]

Designed and Developed by HEC: Done On Time & Within Budget The photo shows the EMPIRE STATE, the first NSMV, arriving at SUNY Maritime on Monday, September 18, and its permanent home. HEC was awarded  a contract from MARAD to develop a concept design for a new training ship (NSMV) for the five State [...]

MARINE LINK ARTICLE ON NSMV: PHILLY SHIPYARD NETS $300M ORDER FOR FIFTH NATIONAL SECURITY MULTI-MISSION VESSEL Background: The 11th meeting of the Inter-sessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11) was held from the 14th to the 18th of March 2022. There have typically been one or two ISWG-GHG [...]