Jan-Erik Rasanen of Foreship on shipping sustainability

Q&A: Jan-Erik Räsänen of Foreship on sustainability

Marine Log (ML): Can you begin by describing what sustainability means to Foreship, both broadly and in the context of the maritime industry?  Jan-Erik Räsänen (JER): There is a direct correlation between

mid range cutter suction dredge

C-Job launches new cutter suction dredge series

Targeting the mid range of the cutter suction dredge (CSD) market, Netherlands based C-Job Naval Architects today launched a new CSD design series. Showcasing its possibilities is an innovative new self-propelled concept

The M/V Captain Walter towboat built for Crescent Marine Towing

Crescent Marine welcomes M/V Captain Walter towboat

The 1,200 hp. M/V Captain Walter towboat was christened February 19 at Eymard Marine Construction & Repair, where it was built, in Harvey, La. The Entech-designed vessel was built for Harvey-based Crescent

Savannah Pilots take delivery of new pilot boat

Earlier this month, Snow & Company of Seattle, Wash., handed off Savannah, the first of two new 64-foot aluminum pilot boats to the Savannah Pilots Association. Designed by Camarc Design of the

Towboat Emily Webber

Maritime Partners christens M/V Emily Webber towboat

Maritime Partners held a christening ceremony last month for the M/V Emily Webber towboat, the seventh of nine vessels the company is building at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, La. The towboat

Rendering of pilot launch

Virginia Pilots order 10th Gladding-Hearn pilot launch

The Virginia Pilot Association has ordered a high-speed, harbor pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It will be the pilots’ tenth launch built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Delivery is scheduled

Navtek talks tug technology for going green

Q&A: Navtek talks tug market technologies

One of four panelists on the TTB 2022 topic of “How Technology is Shaping the Future of Tugs and Towboats,” Istanbul-native Ferhat Acuner, general manager of Navtek Naval Technologies Inc., has 33

Rendering of DDG (X)

Gibbs & Cox awarded Navy contract worth a potential $319 million

The largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the U.S., Arlington, Va., headquartered Gibbs & Cox Inc., has been awarded a $29.5 million contract that could be worth almost $319

pilot station vessel

Spill response vessel gets new role as pilot station

JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, Conn., reports that the former oil spill response vessel OSRV Maine Responder has been converted to a pilot station vessel for United New York & New Jersey Sandy

LNG bunker barge

Centerline and Vard Marine team to design LNG bunker barge

Centerline Logistics, Seattle, Wash., has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Vard Marine Inc. to develop a customized 6,000-cubic-meter articulated tug and barge (ATB) LNG bunker barge. Expected to enter service

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