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Marine News November 2026 • Volume 37 Number 11

Contents

Features 8 “Welcome to a Dying Industry”

From a Dutch maritime family to America’s

Cup yacht design to Martin & Ottaway, Rik van

Hemmen has blazed a unique maritime path. 8

By Greg Trauthwein 24 Boat Innovations 2026

From Mississippi River towboats to electric cargo barges in Vietnam Marine News examines a dozen innovative vessels whose design and build re? ect the operational demands of working the world’s 24 inland & coastal waterways.

By Marine News Staff 30 Built in Grif? n, Proven on the River

Caterpillar’s C32B moves from a decade of engineering and a six-year ACBL ? eld trial into commercial production for an inland waterways market where uptime remains the de? ning metric.

Caterpillar GLDD Rik van Hemmen

By Greg Trauthwein 4 Editor’s Note 21 AWO 34 Tech Feature: JDPS

America’s Maritime Future is Worth 6 Authors 37 Tech Feature: Regal Rexnord

More Than a Penny at the Pump

J ennifer Carpenter, 14 Subsea Vessels 40 Tech File: David Clark

The American Waterways Operators

Shifting Dynamics 41 Tech File: JW Fishers

Aleksander Gussøy Paulsen, 23 DCA

Fearnley Offshore Supply 43 Products

Dredging Procurement 46 Classi? ed Advertising 18 WCI

W illiam P. Doyle, CEO,

Dredging Contractors of America

Why America’s Inland Waterways 48 Advertisers Index

Deserve a Broader Measure of Value

J en Armstrong, Waterways Council, Inc.

On the Cover

From 10,000-hp Mississippi River towboats to electric cargo barges in Vietnam,

Marine News examines a dozen innovative vessels whose design and build re? ect the operational demands of working the world’s inland & coastal waterways.