November 2024

Table of Contents

1. Workboat Power: The Future is Flexible

   Vessel owners are making new fuel choices, but increasingly, they have options to help reduce the risk of doing so. By Wendy Laursen

   p. 40

2. CTVs & Their Precious Cargo

   Northern Offshore Services and Volvo Penta team on an impressive new line of Crew Transfer Vessels, with focus on the health and welfare of the crew. By Joseph Keefe

   p. 27

3. Beating the Heat: R.W. Fernstrum Turns 75

   R.W. Fernstrum & Company is a quintessential U.S. manufacturing story, born in the aftermath of WWII courtesy of Robert W. Fernstrum’s invention to help solve an engine overheating problem on U.S. Navy landing craft. The company prospers today with its laser focus on heat exchange. By Greg Trauthwein

   p. 54

4. Navy Tugboats Take Shape in the GOM

   The Navy’s newest class of 10 Navajo-class ocean-going tugs are under construction at two yards on the Gulf Coast. By Edward Lundquist

   p. 44

5. Garbage Trucks on Water

   A small but global fleet of clean up boats – battery-powered and autonomous – are performing a growing range of other tasks. By Wendy Laursen

   p. 34