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Marine News November 2025 Volume 36 Number 11

Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952)

Editor’s Note

New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 hat, exactly, is a www.marinelink.com ‘Great Boat?’ As a

CEO personal boat owner

John C. O’Malley • [email protected]

W – which is certainly

Publisher & Editor not directly relatable to commercial

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected]

Tel: 516-810-7405 ownership – my de? nition is quite simple. A ‘great boat’ is one that:

Contributing Writers

Joseph Keefe, Celia Konowe, Robert Kunkel, Rhonda Moniz, 1. Fits my needs.

Barry Parker 2. Fits my budget.

3. Is designed and built by quality

PRODUCTION companies with strong track records.

Production & Graphics Manager

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected] 4. Is out? tted and updated with

Greg Trauthwein, Editor, quality, proven products.

[email protected] 5. Stays in service with minimal

SALES

Vice President, Sales & Marketing unexpected downtime.

Terry Breese • [email protected]

Now that I think about it, perhaps it is directly relatable to commercial boat own-

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 ership! With that, our Boat of the Year this year is Moran’s William E Moran, de-

Advertising Sales Managers signed by Robert Allan Ltd. (RApport 2800 series), built by Master Boat Builders

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] and powered by Caterpillar 3516E EPA Tier IV diesels (6,770 bhp combined). Ac-

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271 cording to Sean Perreault, COO, Maritime Services, Moran, this is the ? rst vessel

John Cagni • [email protected] in the company’s next-generation class, purpose-built to meet the demands of mod-

Tel: 631-472-2715 ern port operations, support evolving customer needs, and advance Moran’s goals

Frank Covella • [email protected] for safety, ef? ciency, and environmental responsibility. These next-generation tugs

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 will be among the largest in the ? eet and “represent a leap forward in our ongoing

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected] commitment to providing best-in-class maritime solutions.” There are many exciting

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 breathroughs in vessel design, construction, alternative fuel economy and ef? ciency

Gary Lewis • [email protected] around the country and around the world. Are they ‘great’? Only time will tell.

Tel: 516-441-7258

Another historic company – Stevens Towing – graces the front cover of this edi- th tion, or more speci? cally Johnson Stevens, the 4 generation of family to run the

CORPORATE STAFF

Manager, Marketing company since it’s founding in 1913. To me Stevens Towing is a fascinating U.S.

Mark O’Malley • [email protected] maritime industry story, a diverse maritime company with its own ? eet and also

Accounting a small but quickly growing shipyard operation. I visited Yonges Island, SC, last

Esther Rothenberger • [email protected] month to get further insight from Stevens and his team on the current path and

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6810 future direction of the company.

Manager, Info Tech Services

Finally, kudos to Captain Jim Weber for taking me on a test ride in late September

Vladimir Bibik on his new Pilot Boat, delivered from Baltic Workboats in Estonia to service Gardin-

CIRCULATION er’s Island off the Hamptons in New York. A relatively short but sometimes volatile

Kathleen Hickey • [email protected]

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6320 run, this boat is the literal lifeline of a private island that depends on maritime trans- port for everything. Captain Weber, a retired U.S. Coast Guard Bosun Mate Chief and certi? ed surfman, is candid in his evaluation of the boat, tech and boatbuilder.

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