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More than $660 Million available via the Port Infrastructure Development Program

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$40 million is lost in unpaid crew wages, new report says

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Coast Guard working group to review towing exam questions

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The Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent and U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy. USGS photo.

U.S. Coast Guard warns public of unsafe ice conditions

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Deepwater Wind tower 5 Aug 19 2016 — Jacket foundations and lift boats came from Louisiana to help build the Deepwater Wind Block Island Wind Farm in summer 2016. More supply and infrastructure capacity will be needed to scale up the industry. Deepwater Wind photo.

BOEM announces National Academies committee on offshore wind energy

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Viewpoints

Deepwater-Platform-GOM-Exxon — An Exxon deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon photo.

Offshore shortchanged in Biden’s speech

G. Allen Brooks

Transocean's Deepwater Asgard drillship has a maximum drilling depth of 40,000 feet. Transocean photo

Follow the money

Jim Redden

Smoke coming from the aft cargo deck ventilation housing exhausts of the Höegh Xiamen. Photo courtesy of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department

Saltwater intrusion causes damage to electronic vehicle batteries

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Swell information — Part I

Joel Milton

Edward Lloyd's Coffee Shop on Tower Street in London. Lloyd's image

Signs of a ‘hard market’ in 2023 loom

Dan Bookham

Shipbuilding

Proposed 492'x105' installation vessel for floating wind turbines. Damen rendering

New installation vessel for securing floating wind turbines

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FMD will provide global maintenance and repair services and OEM parts to improve engine performance and increase operational availability. Fairbanks Morse Defense photo

Navy awards service contract to Fairbanks Morse Defense

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Everett Ship Repair with M/V National Geographic Venture in the Faithful Servant drydock. Ice Cap Holding photo

Nichols Brothers and Everett Ship Repair stay busy with passenger vessels

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Designed in-house by the Metal Shark engineering team and built at the company’s Jeanerette, La., production facility, the 47'x12' twin-diesel waterjet-powered Triumph VII is now in service. Metal Shark photo

Metal Shark delivers 47' crewboat to Oregon

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The 27-meter (88'6") vessel was designed for optimal operational efficiency across a wide range of loading conditions. BMT rendering

Strategic Marine to build four hybrid CTVs

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More 25 different types of vessels are expected to be used to construct, operate, and maintain an offshore wind project. Deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 means shipbuilding opportunities and jobs for American mariners.

International Cooperation Will Help the U.S. Deploy 30 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030

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Is the world’s first all-electric tugboat the right fit for your fleet?

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On-Demand Webinar: Ensure a safe lifeboat launch with digital tools

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Offshore Wind Forum details how to address the challenges of the next 29 GWs

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Wind

Deepwater Wind tower 5 Aug 19 2016 — Jacket foundations and lift boats came from Louisiana to help build the Deepwater Wind Block Island Wind Farm in summer 2016. More supply and infrastructure capacity will be needed to scale up the industry. Deepwater Wind photo.

BOEM announces National Academies committee on offshore wind energy

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Proposed 492'x105' installation vessel for floating wind turbines. Damen rendering

New installation vessel for securing floating wind turbines

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Offshore wind event will take place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. WorkBoat file photo

US Offshore Wind 2023 set for July 11-12 in Boston

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A dead humpback whale is re-positioned to conduct a necropsy at Lido Beach on Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2023. AMSEAS photo.

After another whale stranding, New Jersey beach mayors, congressman join calls for wind power moratorium

Kirk Moore

The 27-meter (88'6") vessel was designed for optimal operational efficiency across a wide range of loading conditions. BMT rendering

Strategic Marine to build four hybrid CTVs

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Offshore

Proposed 492'x105' installation vessel for floating wind turbines. Damen rendering

New installation vessel for securing floating wind turbines

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A dead humpback whale is re-positioned to conduct a necropsy at Lido Beach on Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2023. AMSEAS photo.

After another whale stranding, New Jersey beach mayors, congressman join calls for wind power moratorium

Kirk Moore

A planned terminal at Pope's Island in New Bedford Harbor would support six crew transfer vessels for the Vineyard Wind offshore energy project. Vineyard Wind rendering.

Quinn Fisheries to host Vineyard Wind CTV terminal in New Bedford

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Offshore wind partners Equinor and BP plan the Empire Wind (left) and Beacon Wind projects. Equinor graphic.

Equinor/BP, Leading Light bid into New York offshore wind solicitation

Kirk Moore

Coastal congressmen call for halt to wind surveys

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