Marine Log August 2025

August 2025

The August issue of Marine Log explores global shipbuilding trends, from Europe’s focus on high-value vessels to Asia’s continued dominance and Latin America’s growing role in supply chain resilience.

Marine Log is proud to announce the winners of its 2025 Top Women in Maritime Awards, recognizing 20 exceptional leaders whose achievements are shaping the future of the maritime industry.

Top Women in Maritime 2025 winners announced

Marine Log is proud to announce the winners of its 2025 Top Women in Maritime Awards, recognizing 20 exceptional leaders whose achievements are shaping the future of the maritime industry. This year’s

Registration is now open for Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES conference, which will be held November 4–5, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City in the New York City area.

Registration opens for Marine Log’s FERRIES 2025 conference

Registration is now open for Marine Log’s 38th annual FERRIES conference, which will be held November 4–5, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City in the New York City area. The event

Crowley Engineering partnered with Regal Rexnord to streamline the propulsion system of the Casco Bay Lines electric passenger ferry, serving Portland, Maine. (Credit: Elliot Bay Design Group & Casco Bay Lines)

Hybrid propulsion adoption on the rise

By Jake Swihart, Global Industry Marketing Manager – Marine The maritime industry is under increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and hybrid propulsion systems are emerging as one of the leading

Tasmania-based shipbuilder Incat says it has been selected to design and build two new state-of-the-art battery-electric ferries for Danish ferry operator Molslinjen.

Incat Tasmania to build electric ferries for Denmark

Tasmania-based shipbuilder Incat says it has been selected to design and build two new state-of-the-art battery-electric ferries for Danish ferry operator Molslinjen. The vessels, each 129 meters (423 feet) long and powered

The M/V Karl. (Photo Credit: San Francisco Bay Ferry)

Podcast: The future of green ferry transit

In this episode of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we’re joined by Seamus Murphy, executive director of San Francisco Bay Ferry, the public ferry system operated by the Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Badore Ferry terminal. (

Maritime Africa: Strength, promise and opportunity

By Roberta Weisbrod, Executive Director, Worldwide Ferry Safety Association The Regional Ferry Conference late June in Lagos was the opportunity to find out what is happening in maritime in Africa. The State

The vessel is the first of EV Marime's EVM200

VIDEO: EV Maritime launches first electric ferry in Auckland

EV Maritime, the New Zealand electric ferry design and technology company tapped by California’s Angel Island ferry to design its all-new hybrid electric vessel, reports that its first fully electric passenger ferry

Ed Quinn

Hornblower names Ed Quinn president of its ferry and concession division

Hornblower Group has named Ed Quinn, a 1998 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., as its president of ferry and concession. In this role, Quinn will oversee brands,

Suomenlinna II.

Helsinki ferry Suomenlinna II is first ship retrofitted with new generation ABB drive

Back in 2018, the 2004-built Finnish ferry M/S Suomenlinna II was in our headlines when, in a world first for an existing ferry, it was remotely piloted through a test area near

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