Image courtesy Aker Arctic

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  • Photo Credit: By Igor Kardasov via Adobe Stock

    Putting Crew at the Center: Redefining Maritime Operations for a Skilled and Stable Workforce

    By Heather Combs, CEO, Ripple Operations

  • HARBOR CHARGER Sets Sail

    Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) Designs New York’s First Hybrid-Electric Ferry, built by Conrad with Schottel propulsion.

    By David Turner, Projects Manager, Elliott Bay Design Group

  • Photo courtesy DOD/DVIDS

    Legal Beat: Shipbuilding Contracts

    By William Cecil and Andreas Dracoulis, Partners, Haynes Boone

  • Image courtesy VMS

    “One Man, One Wrench” Launched a Global Maritime Power Play

    When Morten Vestergaard decided to leave Wärtsilä and start his own propulsion services company in 2001, little did he know that more than two decades later his VMS Group would mushroom into a leading maritime propulsion powerhouse with more than 400 employees and operations globally.

    By Greg Trauthwein

  • Image courtesy Jefferson Propeller

    TrueProp’s Digital Shift

    Propeller inspection technology helps rewrite shipyard economics.

    By Greg Trauthwein

  • Image courtesy Aker Arctic

    Bent But Not Broken: Lighter Icebreakers

    There’s new Finnish-Swedish ice class hull rules, but the methodology behind them can safely reduce the steel required for new icebreakers everywhere.

    By Wendy Laursen

  • Image courtesy Arc/Curtin Maritime

    Curtin Maritime to Build Eight Hybrid Tugboats for $160m

    While political winds in the U.S. have significantly tampered many ‘green’ projects, Curtin Maritime is domiciled in California, which is globally known for its strict environmental initiatives. To that end, Curtin Maritime inked a contract recently to invest $160m for eight new hybrid-electric tugboats, vessels being built by Snow & Co. and featuring vertically integrated electric powertrains from Arc.

    By Greg Trauthwein

  • Photo courtesy Groundup.ai

    Why Predictive Maintenance Isn’t Enough

    The Case for Cognitive Maintenance in Maritime

    By Leon Lim

  • Maritime Electrification: A Key Enabler of Shipping’s Net Zero Transition

    By Marcos Salido, Environmental Project Manager, Bureau Veritas

  • Copyright Greg Trauthwein

    Interferry 2025

    Ferries at the Crossroads of Regulation, Safety and Electrification

    By Greg Trauthwein

  • Image courtesy NYK Group

    Vessels

  • New Products, Technologies & Systems

  • Image courtesy Colonna’s Shipyard

    Opinion: A Smarter Path to Maritime Strength

    Empowering small and medium shipyards through strategic reform.

    By Garrett Rice, President, Master Boat Builders

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September 2025
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