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3 Conference Sessions Not to Miss at The International WorkBoat Show 2023

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A MetalCraft Marine-built patrol boat with Shoxs 6300 suspension seats. MetalCraft Marine photo.

Increasing vessel comfort is becoming more and more important

Michael Crowley

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Inmarsat Maritime report: Distress calls stay high

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USMMI is engaged in chartering U.S.-flag tanker and military support vessels. C&C Marine & Repair photo

Maritime Partners acquires US Marine Management

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offshore-platforms-boem — Offshore platforms. BOEM photo.

BOEM postpones Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale

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3 Conference Sessions Not to Miss at The International WorkBoat Show 2023

WorkBoat Staff

River Queen_American Queen copy — BB Riverboats' River Queen passes by the American Queen on the Ohio River in Cincinnati. David Krapf photo

To tow or not to tow?

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Creative Commons photo/Alan Levine. — Creative Commons photo Alan Levine

Diesel: The latest energy disrupter

G. Allen Brooks

MV Champion crew change 2 — Cody Foster photo

Job-related fatalities in towing industry remained low in 2022

Pamela Glass

bp_thunderhorse_platform_dusk — In January 2017, BP started up the Thunder Horse South Expansion in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, a major project that added a new subsea production system roughly two miles to the south of the existing Thunder Horse platform. BP photo.

BP reset with Looney out?

G. Allen Brooks

Shipbuilding

Crowley rendering

Crowley awarded design and production contracts for 6,000-hp Crescent tug

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Hobie Boeschenstein at left, SeaTrac’s director of product and business development, deep in conversation with SeaTrac co-founder and designer Jigger Herman in the company's Marblehead, Mass., workshop. Robin G. Coles photo.

SeaTrac’s unmanned surface vehicles

The vessel was built to Coast Guard standards and will operate as a multipurpose research vessel in the Hawaiian waters and offshore on ocean routes. All American Marine photo

All American delivers research vessel to Hawaii

WorkBoat Staff

The new vessel concept pairs traditional propulsion while carrying a modular reactor that can be activated upon arrival at the destination and then deactivated and transported after the power supply is discontinued. Crowley rendering

Crowley, BWXT unveil nuclear power generation vessel concept

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Safe Boats International photo.

Patrol boats are major weapons against bad actors

Ken Hocke

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Wind

Another New Jersey survey shows sharp plunge in support for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

Governors warn Biden offshore wind projects ‘increasingly at risk of failing’

Kirk Moore

Unlike East Coast offshore wind energy turbines on sea floor monopile foundations, West Coast turbines would stand on floating platforms. Principle Power/Redwood Coast Energy Authority image.

Ocean Infinity awarded first survey contract for offshore wind on the West Coast

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The first GE Haliade-X turbine components for Vineyard Wind were moved from the port of New Bedford Sept. 6 by Foss Maritme on the 400' deck barge Marmac. Vineyard Wind photo.

Vineyard Wind and Foss begin moving turbine components offshore

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The Empire Wind project is planned for two phases, totaling a potential 2.76 gigawatts production, with power export cables to New York City and Long Island. BOEM graphic.

BOEM completes environmental review for Empire Wind; developers seek 54% more money for NY power

Kirk Moore

Offshore

Another New Jersey survey shows sharp plunge in support for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

offshore-platforms-boem — Offshore platforms. BOEM photo.

BOEM postpones Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale

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The E/V Nautilus. Ocean Exploration Trust photo.

Deep sea surveys of three shipwrecks from Battle of Midway

Benjamin Hayden

Hobie Boeschenstein at left, SeaTrac’s director of product and business development, deep in conversation with SeaTrac co-founder and designer Jigger Herman in the company's Marblehead, Mass., workshop. Robin G. Coles photo.

SeaTrac’s unmanned surface vehicles

GVAs ensure comprehensive parts, service, monitoring and maintenance support to help reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase uptime and availability. Royston photo

Tidewater inks deal with Cat for engine monitoring and support

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