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Marine News March 2025 • Volume 36 Number 3

Contents

Features 18 18 U.S. Offshore Wind: What’s Next?

As changing U.S. Administrations become increasingly tumultuous, read on for insights on the current and future of U.S. Offshore Wind. By Barry Parker 26 26 SVITZER: Think Global, Act Local Inside one of the world’s largest marine ? eets of any kind, Svitzer’s local footprint that speaks volumes for its diverse and far-? ung assets. By Joseph Keefe 34 Back to School © 2025 Scripps Institution of Svitzer DEME

Oceanography / UC San Diego 34 Inside the current and future Research Vessel Fleet. By Rhonda Moniz 38 Hybrid by Design Dave Lee, Executive Director, e1 Marine, discusses plan to effectively enable hydrogen as a marine fuel.

By Greg Trauthwein e1 Marine 38 4 Editor’s Note 12 Insights: AWO’s Carpenter 40 Navigation: Autonomy & AI By George Galdorisi California Strikes Again 6 Authors 16 Washington Watch 42 Vessels 8 By the Numbers: Trump 2.0: The First 30 Days 45 Products USCG Recreational Boat Stats

By Jeff Vogel, Cozen O’Connor 46 Classi? ed Advertising 10 Infrastructure Watch 23 What’s in Your Workboat? 48 Advertisers Index Time to Remedy EO 12322 ACBL Mariner

By Tracy Zea, President, CEO WCI

By Jeff Vogel, Cozen O’Connor

On the Cover

The Svitzer Taurus, part of the TRAnsverse Tug series, represents a leap in tugboat design, setting new standards for maneuverability, fuel ef? ciency and safety. It offers enhanced dynamic Bollard Pull performance, generating 50% higher forces than (Photo: Svitzer) traditional ASD tugs, particularly at speeds above 3 knots.

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