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Marine News January 2025 • Volume 36 Number 1

Contents

Features 20 20 The Total Package: Sustainability,

Safety & Siemens Energy Siemens Energy’s focus on the Decarbonization of pas- senger ferries doesn’t stop at measuring stack emissions.

By Rhonda Moniz 24 At Last Count: 24 A changing U.S. mariner Demographic?

By Joseph Keefe 30 A Deep Dive into Dredging With

DCA’S Doyle There’s more to domestic dredging than meets the eye. Dredging Contractors of America CEO 30

Bill Doyle is just the guy tell you why.

By Joseph Keefe 34 A Jolt for the Passenger Vessel Industry The domestic passenger vessel sector answers the call for cleaner and more ef? cient platforms. It is truly an electric time to be a part of this niche industry.

ESG Curtin Maritime © Oleksiy / Adobe Stock Siemens Energy

By Barry Parker 34 4 Editor’s Note 18 OP/ED: Facing up to a World 42 Vessels of Challenges

By Interferry CEO Mike Corrigan 6 Authors 44 People & Company News 8 By the Numbers: 39 TECH File: Bergan Marine BTS Biennial National Census Systems’ BargeWatch provides 45 Products of Ferry Operators a heightened sense of safety.

46 Classi? ed Advertising 10 Insights: Patrick Murphy, 40 TECH File: DENIOS addresses President of Blue & Gold Fleet the Safety Challenges of Lithium Ion Batteries 48 Advertisers Index

On the Cover

Siemens Energy has played a pivotal role in helping TxDOT achieve its goals of improving fuel efficiency and reducing the environmental impacts of the next generation of ferry vessels. (Photo: © TxDOT) 2 | MN January 2025