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      • ∫iscayne Bay barge Tugboat captain in deadly Biscayne Bay collision pleads guilty to seaman’s manslaughter
      • Delayed cargoes, disrupted schedules, charter implications, and idle assets are all visible consequences of the oil tanker backlog in the Strait of Hormuz. Op-Ed: What the Strait of Hormuz backlog reveals about operational readiness
      • SIGURD is a fully modular mine countermeasure system. {Photo; Vatn] VIDEO: Vatn unveils SIGURD autonomous mine countermeasure system
      • Donjon Marine Donjon Marine wins $180M NAVSEA contract
    • Compliance
      • MEPC 84 takeaways More to MEPC 84 than NZF
      • Maersk to pay $1.9M in FMC civil penalties FMC slaps MSC with $22.6M civil penalty
      • ICE agents at work ICE swoops on 25 at Louisiana shipyard
      • pilot transfer arrangenebt U.K. pilots launch interactive aid to compliance with new SOLAS pilot transfer reg
    • Legislation
      • Next Generation Shipping Act reintroduced Democratic lawmakers reintroduce the Next Generation Shipping Act
      • Lunday welcomes One Big Beautiful Bill Act USCG gets $25 billion One Big Beautiful Bill boost
      • Maritime Action Plan Industry applauds wide ranging Trump executive order on maritime
      • TTB 2025: Navigating new employment law changes in the Trump era
    • Regulations
      • MEPC 84 takeaways More to MEPC 84 than NZF
      • The Bahamas has introduced a comprehensive suite of Merchant Shipping Regulations The Bahamas updates its maritime regulatory framework
      • Maersk to pay $1.9M in FMC civil penalties FMC monitoring Strait of Hormuz surcharges
      • GOM decommissioning financial guarantees Interior proposes cutting costs of offshore decommissioning guarantees
    • Safety and Security
      • SIGURD is a fully modular mine countermeasure system. {Photo; Vatn] VIDEO: Vatn unveils SIGURD autonomous mine countermeasure system
      • After Iranian attacks on three vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. forces yesterday struck over 80 Iranian targets. [Screengrab from YouTube] VIDEO: U.S. responds to Iranian attacks on three Hormuz tankers
      • ATSB Report on loss of steering ATSB: Safety management system issues seen in RO/RO loss of steering
      • n the latest episode of Listen Up!, Marine Log Editor in Chief Heather Ervin sits down with Tommy Mikkelsen of Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure to discuss how these converging risks are reshaping navigation Listen Up! Podcast: Navigating the triple threat to maritime operations
    • 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
      • Donjon Marine Donjon Marine wins $180M NAVSEA contract
      • containerp lashing ABS takes a measured look at IMO mid-term measures and path to decarbonization
      • Op-Ed: Let’s focus on the fact that shipping companies are greener than their reputation
      • Op-Ed: Technology alone will not secure shipping’s Future
    • Salvage
      • Donjon Marine Donjon Marine wins $180M NAVSEA contract
      • Salvage efforts at the Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024. TTB 2026: Inside the Key Bridge salvage operation
      • Grounded barge Defiant VIDEO: Salvage plan for grounded barge Defiant approved
      • New Resoilve MarineTokyo office is headed up by client services & country manager Maiko Tahara. Resolve Marine opens new Tokyo office
  • Shipbuilding
    • Shipyards
      • Ingalls is extending distributed construction to amphibious ships Ingalls expands distributed shipbuilding strategy to amphibious ships
      • Fraser Shipyards, located in Superior, Wis., on the shore of Lake Superior, is set to become a “demonstration model” for rebuilding the U.S. shipbuilding industry Fraser Industries in modernization MOU with HD Hyundai
      • Tom Lee Gunderson Marine & Iron names Tom Lee its new president
      • Port Alpha Saronic selects Brownsville as site for Port Alpha
    • Naval Architecture
      • Lloyd’s Register has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with K Shipbuilding, bound4blue and the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry. Lloyd’s Register signs MoU to advance wind-assisted MR tanker design
      • As vessels become more connected through automation and digital systems, cybersecurity is increasingly influencing vessel design decisions. Why naval architects can no longer treat cybersecurity as an afterthought
      • New USCG cybersecurity rules are reshaping vessel design
      • Q&A: Aligning vessel design with operational demands
    • Engines & Fuel
      • Turn Services, New Orleans, La., has added the M/V War Admiral as the second vessel completed in an ongoing eight-vessel construction program. Turn Services adds M/V War Admiral to ongoing 8-boat construction program
      • The M/V Syble Fay Parker Towing repowers towboat with Mitsubishi Tier 3 engines
      • MTU engine for Korea Coast Guard (KCG) Korea Coast Guard selects MTU engines for two new patrol boat series
      • ME-LGIA ammonia engine TAT will be the final one at the RCC in Copenhagen before its location is moved outside the city in late-2027. [Photo: Everllence] Successful TAT moves Everllence’s ME-LGIA ammonia engine closer to sea trials
  • Inland/Coastal
    • Inland
      • We Work the Waterways appoints Kelsey Foster as deputy director
      • Parker Towing Company, Mobile, Ala., has christened the M/V Chipper Rabbit, a new 1,400-horsepower towboat built by Serodino Inc. Parker Towing christens new towboat M/V Chipper Rabbit
      • WRDA House and Senate committees pass WRDA 2026
      • Turn Services, New Orleans, La., has added the M/V War Admiral as the second vessel completed in an ongoing eight-vessel construction program. Turn Services adds M/V War Admiral to ongoing 8-boat construction program
    • Coastal
      • the port and MARAD will collaborate with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to help define the operational protocols Port of Long Beach, MARAD partner on maritime nuclear energy
      • New pilot boat Calcasieu Pilot Lake Charles pilots take delivery of new Gladding-Hearn pilot boat
      • Steerprop has signed a repeat contract with Turkey’s Med Marine shipyard to deliver the propulsors for a third RAscal 2100 harbour tug designed by Robert Allan. [Image: Sterprop] Med Marine orders third tug with Steerprop T-Series propulsors
      • Going forward, all operations of the combined operation will be conducted under the Moran Towing Corporation name. [Photo: Moran Towing] Moran Towing and Bisso Towboat complete their integration
    • Dredging
      • Corpus Christi Mike Hooks books $17.8M Corpus Christi dredging contract
      • Damen TSHD UK Dredging signs contract with Damen for advanced new TSHD
      • Crosby logo Crosby Enterprises subsidiaries file for Chapter 11
      • Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) DCA: FY2025 another strong year for U.S. dredging
    • Ports & Terminals
      • Port Canaveral’s mobile harbor crane offloads a container from the M/V Whale Orca as part of a new international container service [Photo: Canaveral Port Authority] Port Canaveral expands cargo business with new international container service
      • HD Hyundai Samho to supply four Port of Tacoma port cranes HD Hyundai Samho to supply four new Port of Tacoma port cranes
      • the port and MARAD will collaborate with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to help define the operational protocols Port of Long Beach, MARAD partner on maritime nuclear energy
      • Kevin Price Kevin Price is now Georgia Ports Authority’s new president
  • Passenger
    • Ferries
      • oskalis’s Black Marlin will transport Incat’s Hull 096. the world’s largest battery-electric ship, to Buquebus in Argentina. VIDEO: Black Marlin arrives in Tasmania for Incat Hull 096 delivery
      • Registration is now open for Marine Log’s FERRIES 2026 Conference, taking place November 10-11, 2026, in Seattle, Wash. Registration opens for Marine Log’s FERRIES 2026 Conference
      • The Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Co,'s newest ferry, the M/V Long Island served as the closing vessel in the Sail4th USA 250 Parade of Ships in New York Harbor on July 4, 2026. Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Co. makes senior management promotions
      • Scillionian IV at the Piriou shipyard in Vietnam. [Photo: Isles of Scilly Steamship Group] New Isles of Scilly ferry Scillonian IV set to start sea trials
    • Cruise Ships
      • Jason Liberty, chairman and CEO, Royal Caribbean Group: “We expect another year of approximately double-digit growth in revenue and earnings.” Royal Caribbean reports strong second quarter results
      • Explora III [Photo: Fincantieri] Fincantieri delivers Explora III, third of six ships for MSC Group’s luxury cruise brand
      • Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation have signed an 8-year lifecycle agreement supporting four LNG-fueled cruise ships. [Image © Carnival Corporation] Wärtsilä and Carnival ink lifecycle agreement for four LNG-fueled cruise ships
      • Carnival Corporation’s British luxury brand Cunard has revealed plans for an extensive transformation of Queen Victoria. Cunard reveals plans for Queen Victoria refit
  • Offshore
    • Oil & Gas
      • Lilly Bordelon Bordelon Marine completes Lilly Bordelon conversion to ULIV
      • Starnav OSV Ten new hybrid Starnav OSVs will be powered by MTU engines
      • The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued the Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 3 (BBG3) BOEM advances third Gulf offshore lease sale
      • Ryan Zehl: “Offshore workers do some of the most physically demanding and dangerous work in the world. When the companies they work for fail to give them a safe place to do that work, we hold them fully accountable.” Zehl & Associates secures $16M Jones Act settlement for injured drillship worker
    • Renewables
      • Gulf of America forward report VIDEO: NOIA launches new Gulf of America Forward initiative
      • 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 talks WSUT Quintin Kneen upbeat on Tidewater outlook
    • Offshore Wind
      • Duke Energy buyout deal Interior to pay Duke Energy $129M to terminate Carolina offshore wind lease
      • Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum: "We applaud Invenergy for recognizing the importance of baseload power and investing in energy solutions that deliver real benefits to American consumers.” Interior in $765M offshore wind buy-out deal with Invenergy
      • Image: Compute Maritime Compute Maritime projects big fuel savings for AI-designed CTV
      • N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James: ““We are fighting back to stop this illegal agreement that threatens to erase over a thousand union jobs and cheat millions of New Yorkers out of clean, affordable energy.” Seven states file suit challenging “pay-not-to-play” deal to cancel offshore wind lease
  • Views
    • Q&As
      • Marine Log spoke with Jennifer Carpenter, president of the American Maritime Partnership, about the opportunities facing this year's graduates, the role of the Jones Act in sustaining the maritime workforce. Q&A: Jennifer Carpenter on the Jones Act and America’s workforce
      • In this exclusive Marine Log Q&A, Capt. Reed Richardson shares a mariner's perspective on what the Jones Act means on the waterfront. Q&A: Inside the Jones Act—A working mariner’s view
      • Q&A: Aligning vessel design with operational demands
      • In this Q&A, Fredrik Fuglesang, CEO of maritime technology company SeaARCTOS, answers common questions he is asked about direct emissions monitoring Q&A: Why we need to improve emissions monitoring
    • 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
      • Congress is rightly focused on the Navy's $17 billion investment in ship maintenance and industrial capacity. Op-Ed: Technology alone won’t solve the Navy’s ship maintenance backlog
      • Delayed cargoes, disrupted schedules, charter implications, and idle assets are all visible consequences of the oil tanker backlog in the Strait of Hormuz. Op-Ed: What the Strait of Hormuz backlog reveals about operational readiness
      • When the freight market is calm, logistics strategies can appear more stable than they truly are.  Op-Ed: The case for pressure testing ocean freight strategy amid heightened volatility
      • According to the Allianz Safety and Shipping Review 2025, total vessel losses have fallen by 75% over the past decade Op-Ed: From paper to AI—Shipping’s safety track record and the gap that data can close
    • 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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    • Podcasts
      • n the latest episode of Listen Up!, Marine Log Editor in Chief Heather Ervin sits down with Tommy Mikkelsen of Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure to discuss how these converging risks are reshaping navigation Listen Up! Podcast: Navigating the triple threat to maritime operations
      • Podcast: Strategies for extending vessel life and improving reliability
      • Marine Log's Heather Ervin talks with Liskow attorney Laura Alaniz about the future of noncompete agreements in the maritime industry. Podcast: What maritime employers need to know about noncompete agreements
      • Listen Up! Podcast explores crew spaces, vessel branding and the modern mariner experience
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      • Regal Rexnord Powertrain Powertrain solutions for your marine applications
    • Videos
      • oskalis’s Black Marlin will transport Incat’s Hull 096. the world’s largest battery-electric ship, to Buquebus in Argentina. VIDEO: Black Marlin arrives in Tasmania for Incat Hull 096 delivery
      • Trinity House vessel VIDEO: Trinity House awards Vard two-ship “Future Afloat” contract
      • SIGURD is a fully modular mine countermeasure system. {Photo; Vatn] VIDEO: Vatn unveils SIGURD autonomous mine countermeasure system
      • drone boats VIDEO: U.S. sea drones strike Iranian naval assets
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fully-electic tug
  • March 16, 2025
  • News

First fully-electric tug for Latin America completes sea trials

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard has successfully completed sea trials of what will be be the third fully-electric tug it has built for South American based towing giant SAAM Towage. It is based on

Wchairman and CEO Wiernicki
  • March 14, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Wiernicki: IMO carbon levy a “wild card”

With IMO’s MEPC 87 set to start April 7, ABS chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki told the CERAWeek energy conference that uncertainty about the scale and nature of the IMO carbon

FRS Clipper's Victoria Clipper
  • March 14, 2025
  • Ferries, News

Victoria Clipper now operating from new terminal in Victoria

Seattle-based FRS Clipper, which operates the Victoria Clipper fast ferry service between Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, has moved to a new terminal location in Victoria. Starting today, March 14 services from

UT7623 SEV vessels
  • March 14, 2025
  • News, Offshore, Offshore Wind, Oil & Gas

Kongsberg wins contract for two new UT7623 SEV design vessels

Kongsberg Maritime has signed at contract for the design of two UT7623 SEV design multipurpose subsea vessels for Fosnavåg, Norway-headquartered Olympic Group. The “SEV” in the designation stands for “Sustainable Energy Vessel”

Anthony Gex
  • March 13, 2025
  • Inland and Coastal, News

IRPT names Anthony Gex its new deputy director

Anthony Gex has accepted the position of deputy director of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT). As an IRPT member, former president and chairman of the board, Gex comes to the position

Navigational display
  • March 13, 2025
  • Coastal, News

Delaware Pilots’ new launch features a full suite of Furuno USA electronics

The new Chesapeake class launch Pennsylvania, recently delivered to the Pilots’ Association of the Bay and River Delaware by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is equipped with a full suite of Furuno USA marine electronics.

pusher tug
  • March 13, 2025
  • News

Wärtsilä engines picked for Paraguayan pusher tug repowers

Wärtsilä is to supply replacement engines for two inland waterway pusher tugs operating in Paraguayan rivers. The vessels are owned by a subsidiary of agribusiness giant ADM , ADM Naviera Chaco S.R.L.

MEPC 84 takeaways
  • March 13, 2025
  • Environment, News

SEA-LNG says IMO should remain fuel agnostic

SEA-LNG said today that it and its members welcome the ongoing discussions at IMO to establish technical and economic measures to achieve the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from

Stena Immaculate
  • March 13, 2025
  • News, Safety and Security, Shipping

Stena Immaculate: All fires out, salvage preparations begin

UPDATE: In a statement released yesterday, Crowley said that third-party salvage experts with SMIT Salvage have boarded the Stena Immaculate for assessment. “The salvage process is ongoing and will take time to

Hanwha Systems official receive TA certificate
  • March 13, 2025
  • News, Safety and Security

Hanwha Systems cybersecurity solution gains ABS type approval

ABS has issued Hanwha Systems a type approval for IACS UR E27 cyber resilience requirements for its cybersecurity solution, SecuAider. The SecuAider software solution offers protection to a vessel’s data and networks

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