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ABB to supply hybrid tech for new AAM-built OC San catamaran

Bellingham, Wash.- based shipbuilder All American Marine (AAM) has secured a contract to build a 63-foot hybrid catamaran for the Orange County Sanitation District (OC San). Built for the Southern California coast, and featuring ABB hybrid technology the vessel will enable OC San to carry out environmental monitoring, marine research, and ocean sampling in support of its ocean monitoring program. This has run for over 40 years in support of wastewater collection, treatment, disposal, and...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/abb-to-supply-hybrid-tech-for-new-aam-built-oc-san-catamaran/

Schottel thrusters selected for Saltchuk’s CARB-compliant tug quartet

Schottel is to supply azimuthing thrusters for the four new Robert Allan Ltd.-designed RApport 2600 escort tugs ordered by Saltchuk Marine at Eastern Shipbuilding Group. The Saltchuk Marine family includes Foss Maritime, Young Brothers, Cook Inlet Tug & Barge, AmNav Maritime, and Foss Offshore Wind. The four-tug contract marks the beginning of Saltchuk Marine’s long-term fleet renewal project, with the new tugs set to support West Coast port operations and to comply with EPA Tier 4 and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/schottel-thrusters-selected-for-saltchuks-carb-compliant-tug-quartet/

Maritime to EPA: Deny dangerous California DPF waiver request

The American Waterways Operators, the trade association of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry, and three maritime labor unions have written a joint letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, asking that the EPA deny California’s request for a waiver from the Clean Air Act to enforce its dangerous and infeasible Commercial Harbor Craft (CHC) rule thar requires that vessels install Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) technology

In an attempt to...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/maritime-to-epa-deny-dangerous-california-dpf-waiver-request/

EV Maritime selected to electrify popular ferry service in San Francisco Bay

EV Maritime, a New Zealand-based electric ferry design and technology company, announced July 12 that it has been commissioned by Angel Island Tiburon Ferry (AITF) to design an all-new hybrid electric vessel for the fleet. The progressive project, which will see the electrification of two existing vessels and the construction of a third new plug-in hybrid vessel, has been funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The hybrid vessel will be designed and engineered by EV Maritime with...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/ev-maritime-selected-to-electrify-popular-ferry-service-in-san-francisco-bay/

Eastern to build four new CARB-compliant escort tugs for Saltchuk

Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) reports that it has been awarded a contract to construct four new Robert Allan Ltd. RApport 2600 escort tugs for Saltchuk Marine. They will be built at ESG’s Allanton and Port St. Joe shipyards, with delivery expected in 2026.

The Saltchuk Marine family includes Foss Maritime, Young Brothers, Cook Inlet Tug & Barge, AmNav Maritime, and Foss Offshore Wind. The four-tug contract marks the beginning of Saltchuk Marine’s long-term fleet...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/eastern-to-build-four-new-carb-compliant-escort-tugs-for-saltchuk/

World’s first hydrogen-hybrid research vessel gains AIP

Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Glosten has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the design of UC San Diego’s new hydrogen-hybrid research vessel, the Coastal-Class Research Vessel (CCRV). The CCRV will be operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and feature an innovative propulsion system that utilizes hydrogen fuel cells for zero-emissions operation.

Glosten and the project’s electrical integrator, Siemens...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/worlds-first-hydrogen-hybrid-research-vessel-gains-aip/

Industry makes progress in fight against dangerous CARB DPF requirement

In a major milestone for mariner safety in California, the California Senate Transportation Committee has voted 14-0 in favor of a measure that would prevent the California Air Resources Board (CARB) from enforcing a potentially deadly requirement in its harbor craft regulations. That requirement would force operators to install unproven and uncertified diesel particulate filters (DPF), widely seen as a fire hazard. The U.S. Coast Guard has already said that it won’t enforce the CARB DPF...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/industry-makes-progress-in-fight-against-dangerous-carb-dpf-requirement/

USCG won’t enforce controversial CARB CHC regulation

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to get push back on a commercial harbor craft (CHC) regulation slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before they went into force. AWO noted that, among other things, the CARB CHCn regulation mandates engine technology that is not available and is not certified as safe by the U.S. Coast Guard.

One of those technologies is the diesel particulate filters (DPFs) called for by the CARB...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/uscg-wont-enforce-controversial-carb-chc-regulation/

Op-Ed: The rise of renewable diesel in maritime 

By Carrie Song, Vice President, Neste US

Ports are important for the U.S. economy, but it’s no secret that port-related emissions from fossil fuel use impact public health and the climate. As the world grapples with the effects of climate change, the marine industry must incorporate ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Each sector within transportation has the responsibility to create a healthier planet for our children and future generations to come.

Thankfully, there is a simple “today”...

https://www.marinelog.com/views/op-eds/op-ed-the-rise-of-renewable-diesel-in-maritime/

California legislator has a fix for the flaws in problematic CARB harbor craft regulations

California state assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains (D-Delano) is moving to rectify problems in California Air Resources Board (CARB) harbor craft regulations slammed as “unworkable” and “deeply flawed” by the American Waterways Operators (AWO), even before they went into force. AWO noted that, among other things, the CARB emission regulation mandates engine technology that is not available and is not certified as safe by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Now Dr. Bains has introduced Assembly Bill 1122, which...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/california-legislator-has-a-fix-for-the-flaws-in-problematic-carb-harbor-craft-regulations/

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