Marine Log

One of the largest circulation and most popular B to B marine magazines in the world, MARINE LOG carries on a tradition of marine industry journalism that extends back more than 130 years to 1878. In 1978, the magazine, then titled MARINE ENGINEERING/LOG, marked its centenary by publishing a history, researched by then senior editor the late Gene H... eil, that began: Like the wonderful old New York marriages of the Cohens and the Kellys, and the Joneses and the Smiths, that later made it difficult for their descendants to trace their heritages, the many mergers, acquisitions, and name changes that occurred over a 100-year period led editors of Marine Engineering/Log down a winding and often confusing path when tracing the history of the magazine back to its beginning in 1878. The bound volumes of ME/LOG go back to only 1897, but it was known that there were predecessors, related by merger, reporting on maritime affairs some 19 years earlier. The task of finding them and establishing accurate dates was finally accomplished through sheer stubbornnessa trait thats often confused with editorial integrity. The first of these predecessors was Marine Record, a tabloid published every Thursday at 144 Superior Street (Leader Building), Cleveland, Ohio. A copy of Volume VII, No. 19, dated May 7, 1885 was found in the archives of a library. Subtracting one volume a year for seven years from 1885 puts Volume I in the year 1878. A.A. Pomeroy was featured on the masthead as the Editor and Proprietor. Meanwhile, also in Cleveland, a second magazine called Marine Review was founded in 1891, that competed with Marine Record. Both the Record and the Review welcomed Marine Engineerings appearance in New York City in April 1897, praising the editorial content of its 40-page Volume I, No. 1, and noting that the first issue is worthy of the best support of advertisers and subscribers. Extracts from these and many other notices from magazines and newspapers of the day were published on the back cover of Marine Engineerings issue No. ...Read More