January 2022 Marine Log cover with Hydrogen One towboat

January 2022

Who will operate the unique towboat, M/V Hydrogen One? Also, we talk to a Great Lakes shipyard, learn about fishing vessel design, and ask whether the bulker market demand can be sustained.

Barge alongside

Fincantieri Bay delivers Clean Canaveral

In a ceremony held this past Friday, December 3, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., shipbuilder Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding delivered the 340 foot long, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunkering barge, Clean Canaveral, to Polaris New Energy. The

LNG bunker barge at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

Wärtsilä solution selected for second Fincantieri Bay LNG bunker barge

The second of two 340-feet, 5,500-cubic-meter LNG bunker barges being built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., for Polaris New Energy will feature a complete Wärtsilä LNG cargo storage and handling

Craig Perciavalle

Leadership change at Fincantieri Bay

Former Austal USA president Craig Perciavalle is to take the helm at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding following Todd Thayse’s decision to retire after 10 years as vice president and general manager and a

bunkering barge

Fincantieri Bay to build second Polaris LNG bunkering barge

Sturgeon Bay, Wis., based Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has agreed to partner with PNE Marine Holdings, an affiliate of Polaris New Energy to build a second 5,500 cubic meter LNG bunker barge. This

Vessel in building dock

Fincantieri Bay launches first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulker in nearly 40 years

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and the Interlake Steamship Company hosted a launch ceremony Thursday that marked the latest milestone in the construction of the new 639-foot M/V Mark W. Barker, its float out

Great Lakes Shipyards

Great Lakes shipyards are bustling

By Jonathan Barnes, Marine Log Contributor Around the Great Lakes region, shipyards are busy. The need for vessels, maintenance and retrofits, and necessary infrastructure improvements, have led to a hike in activity

LNG Bunkering barge alongside containership

Crowley and Shell to build and charter Jones Act LNG bunker barge

Crowley Maritime Corporation has signed a long-term time charter with Shell NA LNG, LLC, (“Shell”) providing for the building and operation of a new U.S.-built, LNG bunker barge. With a capacity of

bunkering barge

McAllister to manage LNG bunkering ATB

McAllister Towing LNG Services LLC is to be technical manager for the Polaris New Energy LNG bunkering operation in Florida. It will operate the articulated tug barge (ATB) Polaris/Clean Canaveral for Polaris

Readying for FFG 62, Fincantieri Marinette Marine breaks ground for new building

As shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine prepares to start construction of the Navy’s newest class of ships — the Constellation class (FFG 62) guided-missile frigate — several key leaders were in Marinette, Wis.,

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