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      • W-Sapphire VIDEO: Explosion on coal carrier W-Sapphire rocks Baltimore
      • A C-130J Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak responds to a Chinese research vessel operating in the U.S. Arctic as part of Operation Frontier Sentinel Aug. 13, 2025. [U.S. Coast Guard photo] USCG now monitoring 5 Chinese research vessels in U.S. Arctic
      • The Pasha Group and The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) announced August 13 that Pasha Logistics LLC has acquired certain assets of MacMillan-Piper LLC and Tacoma Transload LLC. Pasha Group enters Pacific Northwest with key acquisitions
      • Capsized SEACOR Power on the evening of the accident, with a Coast Guard response boat in the foreground. Op-Ed: The impact of climate change on shipping
    • Compliance
      • pilot transfer arrangenebt U.K. pilots launch interactive aid to compliance with new SOLAS pilot transfer reg
      • BWM at work Tokyo and Paris MOUs plan BWM crack down
      • USCG reduces underwater survey red tape USCG revises Safer Seas Act video and audio surveillance requirements
      • One of the ships to get a scrubber upgrade Wärtsilä to upgrade scrubbers on four Color Line ships
    • Legislation
      • Lunday welcomes One Big Beautiful Bill Act USCG gets $25 billion One Big Beautiful Bill boost
      • executive oder on maritime Industry applauds wide ranging Trump executive order on maritime
      • TTB 2025: Navigating new employment law changes in the Trump era
      • Stamatis Tsantanis, chariman and CEO of global shipping company Seanergy Maritime and United Maritime Op-Ed: Industry thoughts on tariffs come to light
    • Regulations
      • BWM at work Tokyo and Paris MOUs plan BWM crack down
      • Shipping's regulatory landscape is increasingly complex, encompassing areas including propulsion, fuel handling, safety systems, and critically—an under-the-radar issue—water and wastewater treatment. Op-Ed: Sustainability means cleaning up our water, too
      • USTR Section 301 USTR could ease some Section 301 measures on Chinese maritime dominance
      • USCG reduces underwater survey red tape USCG streamlines underwater survey regulations
    • Safety and Security
      • W-Sapphire VIDEO: Explosion on coal carrier W-Sapphire rocks Baltimore
      • A C-130J Hercules airplane crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak responds to a Chinese research vessel operating in the U.S. Arctic as part of Operation Frontier Sentinel Aug. 13, 2025. [U.S. Coast Guard photo] USCG now monitoring 5 Chinese research vessels in U.S. Arctic
      • Capsized SEACOR Power on the evening of the accident, with a Coast Guard response boat in the foreground. Op-Ed: The impact of climate change on shipping
      • Still video image of the Discovery passenger vessel before it ran aground Saturday, August 9, in Hawaii. Coast Guard monitors aground passenger vessel in Honolulu
    • Markets
      • BIMCO assesses dry bulk outlook BIMCO: Dry bulk supply/demand balance set to weaken
      • ICS report sees need for many more hydrogen carriers
      • Saltchuk makes offer OSG Saltchuk makes a new offer for OSG
      • Clarksons reports on alternate fuels Clarksons looks at car carrier trade trends
    • Environment
      • Seaspan Energy, North Vancouver, B.C., and Anew Climate, Houston, Texas, have entered into a strategic agreement to offer delivery of renewable liquefied natural gas (R-LNG) to customers on the North American West Coast. Seaspan Energy, Anew Climate partner on low-carbon marine fuel
      • Op-Ed: Choosing rewards over risk in third-party ship operation
      • The IMO’s Net Zero Framework (NZF) represents a pivotal moment in marine decarbonization, charting a route toward Net Zero by 2050. Op-Ed: Shipping’s net zero future needs sharper signals, soon
      • Following the recent publication of Toward a Sustainable Blue Economy, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore’s Executive Vice President Matthieu de Tugny addresses the fundamental change that is required if the maritime industry is to meet its decarbonization objectives. Op-Ed: Unlocking a sustainable blue economy
    • Salvage
      • Garth Foss reports fire out Tug Garth Foss now assisting stricken car carrier Morning Midas
      • Morning Midas First tug reaches still-burning Morning Midas
      • Zodiac Maritime thanked crew of Cosco Hells Zodiac Maritime appoints Resolve Marine to respond to Morning Midas fire
      • Stena Immaculate Praise for heroic action of Stena Immaculate crew
  • Shipbuilding
    • Shipyards
      • Davie Polar Max Construction of Canada’s Polar Max heavy icebreaker starts in Finland
      • A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors welds the initials of the Surveyor’s sponsor onto a plaque. NOAA holds keel-laying ceremony at Thoma-Sea
      • hybrid-electric ferry go ahead Eastern gets green light to start WSF hybrid-electric ferry build
      • Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) of Avon, Ohio, has signed a new agreement with United Overseas Management to recoat two of the shipping group’s tankers. Advanced Polymer Coatings wins two tanker recoating deal 
    • Naval Architecture
      • Fleetzero Fleetzero, Glosten to build world’s longest-range hybrid electric vessel
      • The Trust for Governors Island unveiled its new hybrid-electric ferry, the Harbor Charger, on August 12. The Trust for Governors Island debuts new Harbor Charger ferry
      • BRIX Marine launches 40-foot cruiser with Volvo IPS
      • Marek Sawczuk Marek Sawczuk named managing director at C-Job Gdańsk
    • Engines & Fuel
      • ABB has integrated a comprehensive scope of technologies onboard Feadship Breakthrough. ABB powers first hydrogen fuel-cell superyacht
      • BRIX Marine launches 40-foot cruiser with Volvo IPS
      • Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES Conference will feature a safety-focused presentation on how ferry operators can adapt emergency evacuation procedures for the unique risks of alternative-fuel vessels. FERRIES 2025: Rethinking ferry evacuation for new fuels
      • Seaspan Energy, North Vancouver, B.C., and Anew Climate, Houston, Texas, have entered into a strategic agreement to offer delivery of renewable liquefied natural gas (R-LNG) to customers on the North American West Coast. Seaspan Energy, Anew Climate partner on low-carbon marine fuel
  • Inland/Coastal
    • Inland
      • The newly built M/V Gage Golding, a 94-foot retractable, twin-screw towboat delivering 2,800 horsepower, has been completed by Steiner Shipyard. The M/V Gage Golding joins Golding Barge Line
      • Chief Petty Officer class WCCs that will have Hunt Valve solutions USCG designates new WWCs as the “Chief Petty Officer Class”
      • The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) will conduct its annual Low Water Inspection Trip, August 15–22, 2025. MRC low-water inspection trip to mark Corps’ 250th anniversary
      • Floating classroom barge. (Credit: Mississippi River Institute and Living Lands & Waters) Floating classroom connects students to river careers
    • Coastal
      • Chippewas of Georgina Island tug Chippewas of Georgina Island will extend ferry season with new icebreaking Damen tug
      • Crowley appoints leaders to advance energy, LNG microgrids
      • Tampa Fire Rescue VIDEO: Tampa Fire Rescue takes delivery of first of two advanced new fireboats
      • Z-drive tugboat Crescent Towing and Blakeley Boatworks to start build of new Z-drive tugboat 
    • Dredging
      • The Acadia is engineered to transport and precisely install up to 20,000 metric tons of rock on the seabed. GLDD unveils first U.S.-flagged Jones Act subsea rock installer
      • Stirling Snow Stirling Snow named new Mobile Pulley director of engineering
      • WEDA award Conrad Shipyard honored with WEDA Safety Excellence Award
      • Matthews Brothers Dredging logo Matthews Brothers Dredging makes leadership transition
    • Ports & Terminals
      • Global logistics industry veteran Dexter Salenda has joined Ports of Indiana as the organization’s first foreign trade and economic development director. Ports of Indiana names Dexter Salenda to new role
      • A pause in tariffs in recent months lifted the Port of Long Beach in California to its most active July on record and the third-busiest month in its 114-year history. Tariff pause drives Port of Long Beach to record July
      • Asian Spiriit VIDEO: Asian Spirit arrives Duluth with milestone wind energy cargo
      • Op-Ed: What July port performance data reveals
  • Passenger
    • Ferries
      • Chippewas of Georgina Island tug Chippewas of Georgina Island will extend ferry season with new icebreaking Damen tug
      • FlyTahoe’s proposed cross-lake electric ferry, the Candela P-12, has been highlighted as a key environmental improvement project in the Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan. FlyTahoe e-ferry project included in Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan
      • Pace Ralli, CEO and co-founder of SWITCH Maritime, will be among the featured speakers at Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES conference, taking place November 4-5 in Jersey City, across from lower Manhattan. SWITCH Maritime CEO talks NYC ferry plans at FERRIES 2025
      • hybrid-electric ferry go ahead Eastern gets green light to start WSF hybrid-electric ferry build
    • Cruise Ships
      • The Star Princess will debut on October 4. Princess Cruises’ new Star Princess completes sea trials
      • Everllence and Meyer Re partner up Everllence and Meyer Re partner up on methanol
      • Viking Mira launches at Ancona Shipyard Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard launches Viking Mira
      • Marella Cruises ship V.Ships Leisure to provide end-to-end ship management for Marella Cruises
  • Offshore
    • Oil & Gas
      • lease sale schedule announced Interior rolls out long term offshore O&G lease sales schedule
      • Woodside Energy Group recently completed its first-ever remote subsea inspection in the United States, a move the company says improves safety, reduces costs, and enhances operational efficiency. Woodside conducts first remote subsea inspection in U.S. waters
      • Olympic Notos Ulstein to retrofit 2024-built CSOV Olympic Notos for oil and gas contract
      • Pilot project will involve drillship Noble Sam Croft Kongsberg teams with Noble to bring innovative tech to offshore
    • Renewables
      • PALM QCS offshore renewables quick connector VIDEO: PALM QCS offshore renewables quick connector completes Orkney trials
      • tidal stream energy barge VIDEO: Novel barge lowers costs of HydoWing’s tidal stream energy tech
      • Tidewater CEO Quintin Kneen Quintin Kneen upbeat on Tidewater outlook
      • Jones Act compliant WTIV Hydrogen-ready Jones Act WTIV design gets AiP
    • Offshore Wind
      • Vard hybrid SOVs North Star back at Vard for two new hybrid SOVs
      • Windward Offshore CSOVs Windward Offshore wins its first CSOV contracts
      • Olympic Notos Ulstein to retrofit 2024-built CSOV Olympic Notos for oil and gas contract
      • Designed by Salt Ship Design, LDA’s new SOVs will each be equipped with four Schottel SRP-D Rudderprropellers LD Armateurs SOV duo will have Schottel Rudderpropellers
  • Views
    • Q&As
      • Marine Log spoke with Jana Grauberger, a partner at Liskow & Lewis in Houston, to unpack the key legal and regulatory issues impacting federal offshore leasing, permitting, decommissioning, and compliance for both traditional and renewable energy sectors. Q&A: Navigating U.S. offshore energy’s legal maze
      • While the industry addresses insurance implications and routing strategies, a less discussed but critical concern lies in employment law and crew welfare. Q&A: Crew welfare in conflict zones and legal risks
      • As Netherlands-based Cargo Care Solutions marks its 40th anniversary, the company stands at a pivotal moment of growth and innovation. Q&A:  Peter Peltenburg, CEO, Cargo Care Solutions
      • The world’s first commercially viable e-foiling system for marine transport, the Artemis EF-12 Escape. (Credit: Artemis Technologies) Q&A: David Tyler of Artemis Technologies on e-foil vessel
    • From the Editor
      • Snapshot of FERRIES attendees at growing conference in New York area. Standing out in a sea of maritime events 
      • Lock and dam Corps releases inland waterways spend plan
      • Hurricane Ida maritime Recovery efforts underway in path of hurricane
      • MV Wakashio accident Is the criminalization of seafarers on the rise?
    • Op-Eds
      • In truth, digitalization done well is about freeing seafarers to focus on the job they are trained to do, safely and professionally. Op-Ed: Digitalization won’t replace seafarers; it will protect them
      • Capsized SEACOR Power on the evening of the accident, with a Coast Guard response boat in the foreground. Op-Ed: The impact of climate change on shipping
      • Op-Ed: Choosing rewards over risk in third-party ship operation
      • The IMO’s Net Zero Framework (NZF) represents a pivotal moment in marine decarbonization, charting a route toward Net Zero by 2050. Op-Ed: Shipping’s net zero future needs sharper signals, soon
    • Data & Analytics
      • chart of bulker earnings vs. values Why Cleaves is bullish on bulkers
      • Chart VesselsValue: Volatility continues in crude tanker sector
      • Dropping in bio-LNG extends green financing runway says SEA-LNG
      • Inmarsat marks a Fleet Xpress milestone and launches a data academy
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      • The M/V Karl. (Photo Credit: San Francisco Bay Ferry) Podcast: The future of green ferry transit
      • Vlassis Papapanagis, chief commercial officer at Tototheo Global Podcast: Tototheo on rethinking maritime digitalization
      • In this episode of Marine Log’s Listen Up! Podcast, we talk to Bob Lennon, industry manager and expert with Regal Rexnord, for which this podcast is proudly sponsored by. Podcast: Regal Rexnord powers through marine industry shifts
      • In this podcast, Perry unpacks the potential rabbit hole the industry could be heading toward as countries like India begin mandating CCTV on flagged vessels. Podcast: CCTV mandates mark a turning point for maritime safety
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      • Decarbonization through Vessel Electrification White Paper: Accelerating the “Sea Change”
    • Videos
      • W-Sapphire VIDEO: Explosion on coal carrier W-Sapphire rocks Baltimore
      • Asian Spiriit VIDEO: Asian Spirit arrives Duluth with milestone wind energy cargo
      • Tampa Fire Rescue VIDEO: Tampa Fire Rescue takes delivery of first of two advanced new fireboats
      • Seroka talks tariff whipsaw effect Tariff “whipsaw effect’’ boosts Port of LA June cargo numbers to new record
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Solstad Maritime vessel Normand Pioneer
  • July 17, 2025
  • News, Offshore, Oil & Gas

Solstad books new $17M Petrobras contract for Normand Pioneer

Skudeneshavn, Norway-based Solstad Maritime ASA reports that it has won a contract award for the CSV Normand Pioneer with end-client Petrobras. Solstad consists of two main shipowning structures, Solstad Offshore ASA and

Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and managing director of Fincantieri: “This is a defining moment for American shipbuilding—and Fincantieri is here to stay.”
  • July 17, 2025
  • News, Shipbuilding

Fincantieri D.C. event puts spotlight on U.S. shipbuilding renaissance

Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, this week hosted “Full speed ahead: The U.S. Shipbuilding Renaissance,” a Washington, D.C., event bringing together senior voices from government, industry, and the national

VINCI Energies image
  • July 17, 2025
  • News

VINCI Energies to acquire Wärtsilä’s Marine Electrical Systems business

Nanterre, France-headquartered VINCI Energies has signed an agreement to acquire Hamburg-based Wärtsilä SAM Electronics GmbH. The company is active in the field of electrical and automation integration for the German Navy and

Delta Launch Services boat
  • July 17, 2025
  • Inland, Inland and Coastal, News

Delta Launch orders two high-speed launches from Gladding-Hearn

Delta Launch Services, a launch company operating on the Mississippi River, has ordered two of a new class of pilot boats from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. The Venice Class launches follow a

Rolls-Royce Naval Populsors business acquisition included popeller foundy
  • July 16, 2025
  • News

FMD celebrates its acquisition of Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsors business

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has finalized its acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsors business. This milestone was celebrated at the newly acquired Pascagoula, Miss., foundry,

Seabound onboard carbon capture solution will be installed on Hartman cement carrier UBC Cork
  • July 16, 2025
  • News

Seabound onboard carbon capture will be key to innovative cement carrier project

U.K.-based marine carbon capture innovator Seabound reports that it has launched a first-of-its-kind onboard carbon capture project on a 12,000 dwt cement carrier The project is being carried out in partnership with

X-DF-A
  • July 16, 2025
  • Engines & Fuel, News

WinGD X-DF-A in ammonia-fueled engine world first

Taking ammonia engines into a shipbuilding reality, CSSC’s Swiss-headquartered WinGD subsidiary has become the first engine designer to have an ammonia-fueled two-stroke marine engine delivered and installed. The X52DF-A engine in question

sail-assisted Aframax
  • July 16, 2025
  • Environment, News

Sail-assisted Aframax features advanced coatings too

Delivered to U.K. based Union Maritime in January by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, the 114,000 dwt, Marshall Islands flagged Brands Hatch is the world’s first sail-assisted Aframax tanker. It is estimated that its

SL7 M&O: SS Sea-Land Galloway, Martin & Ottaway collection.
  • July 16, 2025
  • News

Society of Marine Port Engineers provides seed funding for SL7EXPO

The SL7EXPO project, which aims to preserve one of the groundbreaking SL-7 Sea-Land Container ships as a maritime exposition center in support of the SHIPS for America Act, has received seed funding

Louisiana Gateway Port
  • July 15, 2025
  • Nasdaq GlobeNewswire, News, Ports & Terminals

Louisiana Gateway Port releases economic impact report

The Louisiana Gateway Port (LGP), in Plaquemines Parish, La.,has released its report, “Economic Impacts of the Louisiana Gateway Port Tenants on the Regional and State Economies.” The comprehensive analysis highlights LGP’s significant

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