The Association of Maryland Pilots has received a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Named Federal Hill, the high-speed vessel is a sistership to the pilotage association’s first Baltimore-class launch,
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy has announced that the Maritime Administration (MARAD) will take on oversight of deepwater port licensing from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The change is aimed
Miami, Fla.-headquartered Magnet Defense LLC, which says its mission is to “build a fleet of autonomous unmanned surface vessels to strengthen U.S. national security and advance U.S. and Allied maritime interests at
Portland, Oregon, shipbuilder Diversified Marine Inc. has acquired Anchorage Launch Services Company, a Columbia River launch service provider with over 40 years experience in water passenger transportation, cargo delivery, line handling, and
![The Jill is the sixth and final vessel in a Rapport 2800 tugboat series designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and the last of two identical vessels designed specifically for Gulf LNG operations. [Photo: Master Boat Builders]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Masterboat-300x225.jpg)
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. reports that it has successfully launched the RApport 2800 tugboat Jill, marking a major milestone in its ongoing partnership with Gulf LNG Tugs of Port Arthur
![L to R: Patrick Vloemans, Haydi Galvez (Business Line Ports in ABB’s Marine and Ports division), Ina Barge, Tiemo Arkesteijn (co-chief executive officers of Rotterdam Shore Power). [Photo: Rotterdam Shore Power]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rotterdamshorepower-300x225.jpg)
ABB has signed contracts with Rotterdam Shore Power (RSP), a joint venture by the Port of Rotterdam and Eneco, an international energy company headquartered in the Netherlands, to engineer and construct shore
Roland Schwandt took over as CEO of Spay, Germany-based propulsion specialist Schottel GmbH on Jan. 1, succeeding Stefan Kaul as part of an orderly succession plan. Christian Bock succeeds Schwandt as deputy
On Dec. 30, 2025, California ship repairer Mare Island Dry Dock LLC (MIDD) informed the City of Vallejo that it would permanently close its Mare Island facility, resulting in the termination of
Inevitably, offshore wind developers are looking to the courts to overturn the pause imposed by the Department of the Interior on Dec. 22, 2025 on the leases for all large-scale offshore wind
Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that Austal Ships Pty Ltd has been awarded a further contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class patrol boats for the Australian Border Force (ABF).
