We talk to Rami Hirsimäki, Elomatic on the design process for the Canadian polar icebreaker project to be built by 2030.

Podcast: Designing a Canadian polar icebreaker

In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk to Rami Hirsimäki, Senior Vice President, Marine and Offshore Energy at Elomatic, on the Canadian polar icebreaker project. Elomatic is a

March 2024

In this issue, we dive back into the rules of alternative fuels, engine developments and low-carbon vessel deliveries over the last year and into the next.

MARAD published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for $500 million funding through its Port Infrastructure Development Program.

USDOT: $500 million for port improvement projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $500 million in federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). 

The site has been utilized since the 1700s as a port.

Missouri intermodal port site attracting developers

The St. Louis Regional Freightway calls a 300-acre port district zoned property along the Mississippi River in Herculaneum, Mo., a unique and unprecedented opportunity for intermodal port development, citing the location’s more than 2

IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 11) made progress on key environmental issues to be submitted to the Marine Environment Protection Committee for approval this March (MEPC 81) and October (MEPC 82).

IMO agrees on new guidance on key environmental issues

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed new guidance on several key environmental issues. Last week at IMO Headquarters in London, IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 11) made progress

Nearly 250 attendees from across the spectrum of yards, vessel operators, maintenance providers, suppliers and other specialists attended the Ship Repair USA last year.

Ship Repair USA returns to New Orleans for a second year

Marine Log’s Ship Repair USA conference is returning to New Orleans at a new location on June 11-12 in the French Quarter. This second annual event follows a successful first conference last

The Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, President & Executive Director of The Seamen’s Church Institute; Bruce G. Paulsen, Esq., Partner at Seward & Kissel, LLP; Mark K. Knoy, retired former President and CEO of American Commercial Barge Line. Bruce Paulsen steps down and Mark Knoy assumed the Chair position for the Board of Trustees in February 2023 for the 190-year-old Seamen’s Church Institute. Mark Knox's appointment marks the first time this Chair position has been held by an inland maritime leader.

Mark Knoy succeeds Bruce Paulsen as SCI’s board chair

Earlier this month, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) gathered at the International Seafarers’ Center in Newark, N.J., for its first meeting of 2024. Among the agenda items was a formal transition in

Will Watson, global product director at Caterpillar.  

Podcast: Caterpillar Marine talks electrification advances

In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk to Will Watson, global product director at Caterpillar Marine.   We discuss how Caterpillar is leveraging its electrification successes in other

The General Arnold was christened in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 20, 2024, and will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project.

Callan Marine christens dredge General Arnold

Joining Galveston, Texas, headquartered Callan Marine’s dredging fleet—which includes the General Bradley and MacArthur—is the newly christened 32-inch cutter suction dredge, the General Arnold. The new dredge was built at C&C Marine

A panel at TTB 2024 will discuss the realities of zero-emissions vs. the status quo.

TTB 2024: How realistic are zero-emission targets for tugs and towboats?

As the industry is set to undergo a “green” revolution to meet decarbonization targets, not everyone is convinced that these goals are tangible for everyone. To discuss this in more detail, a

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