April 2023 cover of Marine Log featuring floating wind turbine

April 2023

This month’s issue takes a look at the offshore sector, including offshore service vessels, floating wind and the oil and gas field—all of which have a lot going on at the moment.

Photos taken during shipyard tour give an idea of the impressive size of the first U.S.-built SOV, ECO Edison

First U.S.-built SOV marks construction milestone

The first American-built offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV), the 262-foot ECO Edison has reached its 50% construction milestone at the Edison Chouest LaShip yard in Houma, La., and senior officials from

Pilot boat refit put Tampa back in water looking like new

Gladding-Hearn completes pilot launch refit

The Tampa Bay Pilots Association has taken delivery of Tampa, a Chesapeake Class pilot boat originally built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in 2003, after an extensive refit at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. The

Finnish Border Guard vessel rendering

ABB picked to power two new Finnish Border Guard patrol vessels

Two newbuild Finnish Border Guard patrol vessels under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard will feature an ABB integrated power and propulsion package including dual Azipod propulsors and the Onboard DC Grid

Meyer Group's concept cruise ship of the future

Meyer Group unveils a concept cruise ship of the future

The Meyer Group used this week’s Seatrade Cruise Global event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to showcase not only some of its recent achievements but to give a glimpse of a concept cruise

WTIV with telescopic crane

Japan’s largest WTIV features first-of-its kind telescoping crane

Recently delivered by the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard to Shimizu Corp., the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel Blue Wind is Japan’s largest WTIV to date, and will

Meyer Turku CEO Tim Meyer and TUI Cruises CEO Wybcke Meier celebrate keel laying of Mein Schiff 7

TUI Cruises makes a move towards methanol fueling

In another sign of the serious attention methanol fueling is getting in the cruise industry, TUI Cruises’ newbuild Mein Schiff 7 will be methanol ready. The first steel block of Mein Schiff

eTug tugboat charging at a port

Tugboat designs and deliveries abound  

Recently delivered to Suderman & Young Towing Company in Houston, Texas, the Eva is the first in a series of three Robert Allan Ltd.-designed Rapport 2600 tugboats the company ordered from Master

Svitzer Brazil takes delivery of the first of six ASD tugs

Brazil’s Estaleiro Rio Maguari (ERM) shipyard has delivered its first ASD (azimuthing stern drive) tug, the Svitzer Arthur. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., it is the first of a series of six

Havfram Wind WTIVV

Havfram Wind’s giant jack-up WTIV will be used for Hornsea 3

Ørsted has selected Havfram Wind, a subsidiary of Oslo-headquartered Havfram, to install turbines at its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm off the U.K., starting fall 2026. Havfram Wind will be utilizing one

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