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Marine News April 2024 • Volume 35 Number 4

Contents

Features 20 Navigation and Wind Farms 20 Competing ocean uses are raising existential questions. As the U.S. offshore industry continues to ramp up, many topics still need to be resolved

By Tom Ewing 26 2024 U.S. Shipbuilding Report If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a 26 complicated business. Marine News explores this challenging yet vital market.

By By Barry Parker 32 On Board the eWolf Marine News goes aboard Crowley’s new fully electric harbor tug, the ? rst of its kind in the

United States.

By Eric Haun

Eric Haun Ørsted South Fork Wind 32 4 Editor’s Note 16 OpEd: US Shipbuilding & Repair 40 Vessels

By Matthew Paxton, 42 People & Company News

Shipbuilders Council of America 6 Authors 43 Products 8 By the Numbers: 18 Column: Cybersecurity Challenges

By Joe Nicastro, Legit Security Inland Waterways Impact 46 Classi? ed Advertising 10 Insights: 38 Tech File: Blast & Paint 48 Advertisers Index

By Colin Gallagher, BlastOne International Jennifer Carpenter, American Waterways Operators

By Eric Haun

On the Cover

Marine News recently traveled to the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San

Diego to visit Crowley’s new fully electric tug, eWolf. The vessel is capable of operating 100% on battery power, slashing noise and emissions. (Photo: Eric Haun) 2 | MN April 2024