2019 Marine News Top 100
For the sixth year in a row, R.W. Fernstrum & Company has been listed as one of MarineNews‘ Top 100 companies serving the North American inland, coastal, offshore and shallow-draft markets.
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2018 Marine Technology Reporter’s 100 Companies
R.W. Fernstrum is listed as one of Marine Technology Reporter’s 100 innovative
companies in the Subsea Sector
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Marine Technology Reporter’s 13th Annual Report on 100 innovative companies in the Subsea Sector
2018 Marine News Top 100
For the fifth year in a row, R.W. Fernstrum & Company has been listed as one of MarineNews‘ Top 100 companies serving the North American inland, coastal, offshore and shallow-draft markets.
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R.W. Fernstrum Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
May 21, 2018 – R.W. Fernstrum & Company received ISO 9001:2015 certification following an audit performed by Verisys Registrars in May. The scope of Fernstrum’s registration includes the engineering, design, manufacturing, and sales of heat exchangers for marine and industrial applications.
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R.W. Fernstrum & Company is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company
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R.W. Fernstrum Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification, MarineLink, May 2018 >
R.W. Fernstrum Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification, WorkBoat, May 2018 >
Maritime Reporter TV, Compression Sealing Kit
Watch Greg Trauthwein’s interview with Dave Peura, Sales Engineer with R.W. Fernstrum, as they discuss the potential effects a cofferdam installation may present for a keel cooler and development of the compression sealing kit.
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Keel Cooler Installation: Impact of a Cofferdam, Maritime Reporter TV, April 2018 >
MarineNews Article
Boatbuilding 101: Keep it Simple – “In an era of increasingly complicated regulations and sophisticated technologies disrupting the workboat sector, one piece of the equipment – the Keel Cooler – remains as possibly the most important and at the same time, the simplest piece of hardware on the water.” Click the link below to find out more on Joseph Keefe’s interview with Sean Fernstrum, Dale Gusick, Frank Bjorkman, and Dave Peura.
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Boatbuilding 101: Keep it Simple, MarineLink posted by Joseph Keefe >
BOATBUILDING 101 Keep it Simple, MarineNews, April 2018 >
M/V Magdalen
Late December, Eastern Shipbuilding Group delivered the M/V Magdalen to Weeks Marine. The M/V Magdalen is a 350′ self-propelled hopper dredge and one of the largest in the United States. R.W. Fernstrum supplied WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the GE main engines and auxiliary systems.
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Weeks Marine Takes Delivery of Hopper Dredge Magdalen, MarineLink posted by Eric Haun, January 2018 >
Eastern Shipbuilding Delivers New Dredge to Weeks Marine, WorkBoat posted by Ken Hocke, January 2018 >
Maritime Reporter TV, Keel Cooler Installation: Isolation vs. Bonding
Watch Greg Trauthwein’s interview with Dale Gusick, Export Sales Manager with R.W. Fernstrum, as they discuss the potential impact of isolating or bonding a keel cooler to the hull.
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Keel Cooler Installation: Isolation vs. Bonding, Maritime Reporter TV, February 2018 >
Maritime Reporter TV, Keeping It Cool
Watch Greg Trauthwein’s interview with Sean Fernstrum, President of R.W. Fernstrum, as they discuss the marine market and myths surrounding keel cooling technologies.
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R.W. Fernstrum: Keeping It Cool, Maritime Reporter TV, January 2018 >
Capt. Brian A. McAllister
The first EPA Tier IV tug to arrive on the U.S. East Coast. The Capt. Brian A. McAllister is a 100’x40′ tug featuring 6,700 hp and over 80 metric tons of bollard pull – built by Horizon Shipbuilding for McAllister Towing. R.W. Fernstrum supplied WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the 3516E Tier IV Caterpillar engines.
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Tier IV Tug Delivered to McAllister Towing, MarineLink posted by Greg Trauthwein, August 2017 >
Horizon Delivers First Tier IV Tug to McAllister Towing, WorkBoat.com posted by Workboat Staff, August 2017 >
EPA Tier IV tug Capt. Brian A. McAllister, Maritime Reporter, September 2017
Zero Discharge is Part of Our DNA, Marine Log
Marine Keel-Cooling Solutions: Zero Discharge is Part of Our DNA – Read Marine Log’s Green Technologies & Sustainable Shipping Supplement and learn about the environmentally friendly aspects of marine keel cooling.
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Marine Keel-Cooling Solutions: Zero Discharge is Part of Our DNA, MarineLog, August 2017 >
Marine Keel Cooling Solutions, Zero Discharge is Part of Our DNA, Marine Log, August 2017
2017 Marine News Top 100
R.W. Fernstrum is listed as one of MarineNews‘ Top 100 companies serving the North American inland, coastal, offshore and shallow-draft markets.
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R.W. Fernstrum – MN 100, Marine News, August 2017
The Hocke Net, WorkBoat Blog
Fernstrum visit cooler than expected – Read Ken Hocke’s blog on his recent visit with R.W. Fernstrum. Find out about Fernstrum’s facility and environment.
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Fernstrum visit cooler than expected, WorkBoat posted by Ken Hocke, July 2017 >
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Article
R.W. Fernstrum: Keeping Things Cool for 67 Years – “digging for, and finding, business in all four corners of the world, above water and below”. Click the link below to find out more on Greg Trauthwein’s interview with Sean Fernstrum, Dale Gusick, and Frank Bjorkman.
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R.W. Fernstrum: Keeping Things Cool for 67 Years, MarineLink posted by Eric Haun >
R.W. Fernstrum Keeping Things Cool for 67 Years, Maritime Reporter, November 2016
Comparison: Platecoil vs Pipecoil Installation
This report examines the cost difference between Tranter Platecoil and traditional fabricated steel pipe coils for thermal oil heating systems typically used in ocean class tank barges carrying heated products such as crude and No. 6 oil.
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Smith Maritime Associates Report Tranter Platecoil vs Pipecoil Comparison-10-2016
2016 Marine News Top 100
R.W. Fernstrum & Company is listed as one of MarineNews‘ Top 100 companies serving the North American inland, coastal, offshore and shallow-draft markets.
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R.W. Fernstrum – MN 100, MarineLink, August 2016 >
R.W. Fernstrum – MN 100, Marine News, August 2016
MV Brandon Bordelon
The MV Brandon Bordelon is a 260’ Class DP2 Ultra 
Light Intervention Vessel featuring a helideck, a 60-ton AHC crane, POB, and a mezzanine deck supporting two FMC Technologies Schilling HP 150 ROVs. This vessel is the latest design in the Stingray series constructed by Bordelon Marine Shipbuilders. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the Cummins QSK60 Tier 3 main engines, Cummins QSK38 main generators, thrusters, and bulk mud compressor.
2015 Marine News Top 100
R.W. Fernstrum & Company is listed as one of MarineNews‘ Top 100 companies serving the North American inland, coastal, offshore and shallow-draft markets.
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MV Michele Foss
Michele Foss is the first of three Arctic Class tugs constructed by Foss Shipyard for Foss Maritime. The Michele Foss is ice class DO – designed to withstand the rigors of Arctic operations. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied GRIDCOOLER Keel Coolers for the project to cool the Caterpillar C280-8 main engines, Caterpillar C9 Tier 2 generator set, and John Deere 4045 AFM 85 Tier 3 winch engine.
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Foss christens first of three Arctic Class tugs, Marine Log, May 2015
MV Shelia Bordelon
The MV
Shelia Bordelon is a 260′ DP2 Ultra Light Intervention Vessel. This is the second vessel from the new Stingray series constructed by Bordelon Marine Shipbuilders. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied copper nickel WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the Cummins QSK38 main generators.
Bordelon Marine is committed to a yearlong campaign to fight breast cancer and will be donating a portion of the profits from the MV Shelia Bordelon to the New Orleans affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
RV Arcticus
The Arcticus is a 78′ state-of-the art research vessel constructed by Burger Boat Company for the USGS Great Lake Science Center. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied GRIDCOOLER Keel Coolers for the project to cool the twin Caterpillar 454 BHP C12 C-Rating Tier 2 diesel engines and Caterpillar C4.4 generator sets.
MV Tokitae
The Olympic class Tokitae is the first of three 144-car ferries constructed by Vigor Fab for Washington State Ferries. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied GRIDCOOLER Keel Coolers for the project to cool the two EMD 12-710 GC diesel engines and Volvo D13 generator sets.
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Vigor delivers second Olympic Class ferry to Washington State Ferries, Marine Log, May 2015
Marine News Top 100
R.W. Fernstrum & Company is listed as one of MarineNews‘ Top 100 companies serving the North American inland, coastal, offshore and shallow-draft markets.
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Ocean Tundra
Ocean Tundra is “Canada’s most powerful harbor tug” constructed by Ocean Industries and built to Robert Allan’s ‘TundRA 100’ design. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied copper nickel WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the MAK 9M25C main engines, Caterpillar C9 generator sets, towing winch, and auxiliary systems.
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Ocean Tundra – Canada’s most powerful tug, Maritime Journal, January 2014 >
Ocean Tundra – Canada’s most powerful tug, Maritime Journal, January 2014
MV Wabanaki
The MV Wabanaki is a 399-passenger ferry constructed by Blount Boats, Inc. and delivered to Casco Bay Lines. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied GRIDCOOLER Keel Coolers for the project to cool the Caterpillar C18 propulsion engines and John Deere 4045 generator sets.
MV Connor Bordelon
Connor Bordelon is the first Stingray 260 class multipurpose PSV constructed by Bordelon Marine. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the Cummins QSK-60 Tier 3 diesel engines, generator sets, Twin Disc MCD clutch, thrusters and bulk mud compressor.
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US owner likes to design and build its own vessels, Offshore Support Journal, October 2013
New design balances power, engineering and thought, International Tug & OSV Annual Review 2013
Harvey Deep Sea
Harvey Deep Sea is the fourth Tiger Shark Class offshore support vessel constructed by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. and delivered to Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the Caterpillar 3516 Tier 3 engines, diesel electric drive components, shaft generators, compressors, azimuth, and tunnel thrusters.
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Harvey Deep-Sea Specifications by WorkBoat Staff >
Floating Island by Max Hardberger >
Floating Island, WorkBoat Magazine, September 2013
Full of eastern promise and bound for Gulf of Mexico, International Tug & OSV Annual Review 2013
HOSMAX 300 Series
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. delivered the first of the HOSMAX 300 series, HOS Red Dawn, to Hornbeck Offshore Services in June 2013. The second vessel in the series, HOS Red Rock, was delivered in October. HOS Renaissance, the third vessel, was delivered in November. Eastern delivered the fourth vessel in the HOSMAX 300 series, HOS Riverbend, February 2014. R.W. Fernstrum & Company supplied WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the Caterpillar 3516C Tier 3 engines, diesel electric drive components, generator, compressors, and thruster motors.
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Eastern delivers first of 10 OSVs for Hornbeck by WorkBoat Staff >
Bravante V & Bravante VI
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. launched Bravante VI and delivered the Bravante V to Brazil in August. R.W. Fernstrum & Company provided WEKA Boxcoolers for the project to cool the CUMMINS QSK 60-D(M) Tier 2 engines, diesel electric drive components, compressors, and propulsion generators.
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Eastern Shipbuilding Group launches and delivers PSVs for Brazil’s Boldini by Bruce Buls, WorkBoat >
First under contract for series of five PSVs in Brazil, International Tug & OSV Annual Review 2013
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Archived Articles
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R.W. Fernstrum Keeping Things Cool for 67 Years, Maritime Reporter, November 2016
Cool Runnings, Maritime Reporter, April 2014
Closed Cooling Systems, PassageMaker Magazine, 1996