Marine Log's TTB 2024 conference

Marine Log’s TTB 2024 sees another successful conference

For the fourth year in a row, attendance at Marine Log’s TTB 2024 (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) conference exceeded expectations, attracting a growing number of vessel owners and operators, C-level executives, and

March 2024

In this issue, we dive back into the rules of alternative fuels, engine developments and low-carbon vessel deliveries over the last year and into the next.

BIMCO sees tanker newbuild contracting soaring

BIMCO: Crude tanker newbuild contracting jumps 490%

We’re supposed to be weaning ourselves off oil, right? So why has tanker newbuild contracting been soaring? BIMCO shipping analyst Filipe Gouveia has some answers. “In the first two months of 2024,

Nearly 250 attendees from across the spectrum of yards, vessel operators, maintenance providers, suppliers and other specialists attended the Ship Repair USA last year.

Ship Repair USA returns to New Orleans for a second year

Marine Log’s Ship Repair USA conference is returning to New Orleans at a new location on June 11-12 in the French Quarter. This second annual event follows a successful first conference last

advanced Rotortgug

Signet Maritime delivers the first of two advanced Rotortugs

Signet Maritime’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard has recently completed the Signet Sirius. The first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, it and is the first ART (advanced Rotortug) that Signet has built for its

A panel at TTB 2024 will discuss the realities of zero-emissions vs. the status quo.

TTB 2024: How realistic are zero-emission targets for tugs and towboats?

As the industry is set to undergo a “green” revolution to meet decarbonization targets, not everyone is convinced that these goals are tangible for everyone. To discuss this in more detail, a

February 2024 Marine Log magazine focuses on tugs, towboats and dredging.

February 2024

On the heels of Marine Log’s annual TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) event, this issue focuses on that sector, dredging and marine cranes.

The new ASD tractor tug will be very similar in appearance (hull/profile) to Bisso’s latest newbuild, Capt Joseph Bisso, but will have slightly less BHP.

New Bisso Towboat tug will enter service early summer

Luling, La., based Bisso Towboat Company Inc. says its newest assist tug, the M/V Mr. Brian, is slated to hit the water in May or June of this year, according to Scott

The U.S.'s first plug-in hybrid electric inland towboat, the M/V Green Diamond. (Credit: Kirby)

TTB 2024: America’s first hybrid electric towboat

While innovations in tugboat design to make them greener and more powerful have made headlines more so than inland towboats, some towboat operators aren’t too far behind. Taylor Dickerson, who is vice

Support grows for USTR petition on Chinese shpibuilding

Lawmakers to Biden: Prioritize U.S. maritime

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz) and Rep. Mike Walz (R. Fla), have written President Biden urging him to prioritize U.S. maritime and strengthen U.S. maritime power

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