Op-Ed: From Dutch shipyard roots to global innovation
Growing up in a Dutch shipyard family, I was surrounded by the grit and precision of marine construction. My grandfather owned an application company that coated vessels for more than 30 years.
Growing up in a Dutch shipyard family, I was surrounded by the grit and precision of marine construction. My grandfather owned an application company that coated vessels for more than 30 years.
As operators grapple with the realities of a steadily aging U.S. vessel fleet, maintenance strategy and lifecycle management are becoming central to operational resilience. At Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges (TTB
MacGregor is to supply cargo access solutions and deck machinery for the four new all-electric-ready hybrid-electric, double-ended passenger/car ferries that will replace four end-of-life vessels, under BC Ferries’ New Major Vessel (NMV)
From harbor assist to inland operations, this issue dives into the tug, towboat and dredging markets, exploring innovation, fleet investments and the realities of working vessels.
Cyprus-headquartered CSM Group member CSM Energy reports that it has taken delivery of its first managed newbuild PSV. Named CL SPEC Lisa, the vessel is the first large PSV in the SPEC
The Small Shipyard Grant Coalition says that the FY26 federal funding package recently signed by President Trump includes $35 million for the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program. The funding triggers
Financial support from federal and state agencies has enabled Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp., to complete capital projects aimed at improving efficiency and safety at its Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Using a Small Shipyard
U.K.-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) specialist Tidal Transit has unveiled the latest addition to its growing fleet of purpose-build crew transfer vessels (CTVs). Christened Emelia Jane in a ceremony at
HII (NYSE: HII) reports that Fatina Brave has been appointed vice president of infrastructure and sustainability at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Brave succeeds Eric Crooker, who has transitioned into the role of
Brazil’s Wilson Sons held a christeninhg ceremony for the tugboat WS Halcyon in Rio Janeiro this Thursday, Jan 29. Built at the company’s shipyard in Guarujá (São Paulo), WS Halcyon is the