SAFE Boats wins Bremerton fireboat contract
SAFE Boats International has been awarded a contract to build a new fireboat for the City of Bremerton Fire Department, where SAFE Boats is headquartered. The new vessel will be a custom-built
Old Hickory Lock closure scheduled for this week
The Nashville Engineer District recently announced that Old Hickory Lock at Cumberland River Mile 216.2, approximately 11.5 miles northeast of Nashville, will be closed to all navigation traffic, including recreational vessels, from
FERRIES 2025: 16 years with America’s first hybrid-electric ferry
Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES Conference, taking place November 4–5, 2025 in Jersey City, N.J., will feature a standout session highlighting nearly two decades of hybrid-electric ferry operations and their influence on
BOEM orders work stop at Revolution Wind
Ørsted reports that on August 22, its subsidiary, Revolution Wind LLC, a 50/50 joint venture with Global Infrastructure Partner’s Skyborn Renewables, received an order instructing the project to stop activities on the
USCG arrests captain of MSC Jubilee IX for operating ship while intoxicated
The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) arrested the captain of the Liberian-flagged 8,814 TEU containership MSC Jubilee IX for suspicion of operating the vessel while intoxicated following a boarding at Terminal 5
Groupe ALMACO awarded CAD 105M Polar Max EPC contract
While the hull of Davie’s first Polar Max heavy icebreaker is being constructed in Finland, the vessel will be completed in Canada and that has landed Le Groupe ALMACO a CAD 105
Sanmar launches new tugboat for Ultratug’s operations in Mexico
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has launched a new tugboat for Ultratug Mexico, which will operate at the Port of Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The vessel, temporarily designated as Boğaçay LXXIX, is
NYSERDA awards SWITCH $2M for 150-passenger design develoment
New York State has awarded SWITCH Maritime LLC $2 million to develop and demonstrate a 150-passenger vessel that will be New York’s first hydrogen fuel cell-electric ferry to provide zero-emission transportation on
ABS Wavesight names Steve Bomgardner its chief customer officer
ABS Wavesight, the ABS-affiliated maritime Software-as-a-Service company, has appointed Captain Stephen (Steve) Bomgardner as chief customer officer (CCO). Bomgardner comes to the role with more than 23 years of maritime leadership experience
Op-Ed: Preventing falls overboard—Industry’s call to lead
By Mike Breslin, Senior Director – Safety & Sustainability, AWO America’s tugboat, towboat, and barge industry is the safest mode of bulk freight transportation in the United States. We have significantly less