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Marine News November 2025 • Volume 36 Number 11

Contents

Features

Tidewater 22 28 22 An OSV Bull Run Ahead? Despite market ? uctuations, the market is lined up for a strong run.

By Barry Parker 28 Great Lakes Ballast Water Scrum 32 What’s the problem NOW?

By Wendy Laursen 32 Boat of the Year: William E Moran It was a tight race for ‘Great Boats of ‘25’, but the

William E Moran edges ahead of the pack. 46 46 Island Time When Captain Jim Weber needed a new boat to service a private island, he landed in Estonia. By Greg Trauthwein 52 “G4” Drives Stevens Towing Stevens Towing is investing in boat repair capacity.

Stevens Towing Company Baltic Workboats Jess Yeomans © Douglas/AdobeStock By Greg Trauthwein 52 4 Editor’s Note 16 Port Power 32 Great Boats 2025 6 Authors Take a Look at Propane Power William E Moran 8 Training a Brain By Jim Bunsey, PERC Harbor Charger Built on Instant Answers 18 Insights San Jacinto By Heather Combs, CEO, Ripple Kyle Durden, CEO Bergan Marine North Wind 10 Washington Watch By Greg Trauthwein Karl Vessel Incidental Discharge Act 34 Master Boat Builders Long Island By Jeffrey H. Lewis, Cozen O’Connor Family Shipyard Full Steam Ahead The Gambler 14 Infrastructure 59 Products Thomas Grasso Action Needed on Antiquated EO 62 Classi? ed Advertising Interceptor 40 By Jen Armstrong, WCI 64 Advertisers Index

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Based on Yonges Island, SC, Stevens Towing is a 4 generation multi-faceted maritime company, with a rapidly growing shipyard business, as Johnson

Stevens explains.

(Cover photo courtesy Stevens Towing Company) 2 | MN November 2025