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September 28, 2021

Master Boat Builders constructing tugs for Texas towing companies

Ken Hocke

This summer, Master Boat Builders laid the keels for the first Bay Houston boat and the first Suderman & Young boat. Master Boat Builders rendering

Hulls 135 and 136, are being built at Washburn & Doughty Associates (W&D) in East Boothbay, Maine, with the first boat slated for delivery in November of 2022. McAllister Towing rendering

September 23, 2021

Two new tractor tugs for McAllister Towing

WorkBoat Staff

The Coast Guard is proposing a 12% hike in Great Lakes pilots’ rates for the 2022 shipping season.

September 16, 2021

Great Lakes may see 12% hike in pilots’ rates

Dale K. DuPont

September 27, 2021

Workboat + Wind Volume 3

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An IMO working group has made progress in developing lifecycle GHG/carbon intensity guidelines. IMO graphic

IMO makes progress on life-cycle greenhouse gas guidelines

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Furuno NXT radars. Furuno image

NMEA names 2021 award winners

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This summer, Master Boat Builders laid the keels for the first Bay Houston boat and the first Suderman & Young boat. Master Boat Builders rendering

Master Boat Builders constructing tugs for Texas towing companies

Ken Hocke

Five containerships wait in a designated anchorage off Bainbridge Island, Wash., at sunset on Sept. 6, 2021. The supply chain backlog within the U.S. has resulted in a greater number of containerships utilizing anchorages in Puget Sound. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier, U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Coast Guard monitors backlog of anchored vessels in Puget Sound

WorkBoat Staff

For the week ending Sept. 18, barged grain movements totaled 168,892 tons. David Krapf photo

Inland Waterways Users Board to resume operations

WorkBoat Staff

Viewpoints

Wilderness Adventurer crew bow wearing masks — Crew of the Wilderness Adventurer wear masks during its August 2020 Alaska cruise that was cut short. UnCruise Adventures photo

More Covid confusion

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Olympus, Shell’s seventh, and largest, floating deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell photo

Oil strong amid U.S. stocks draw and supply tightness

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Legal-Talk-Generic-Gavel-CC-Blogtrepreneur — Creative Commons image by Blogtrepreneur.

Who caused your injury?

Tim Akpinar

DCIM/100MEDIA/DJI_0023.JPG — St. Johns Ship Building photo

Hull policy perils

Chris Richmond

Oil-traders-Houston-CC-oil-industry-news — Oil traders at work in Houston. Creative Commons photo by Oil Industry News.

Oil keeps gains on U.S. crude inventory draws

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Vessel Vanguard: Marine Maintenance Management Made Easy

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Five decades of reliability

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Amerex Z-series fire extinguishers utilized in the most extreme oil and gas environments

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oneTANK for WorkBoats

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Imtra Provides Safety & Comfort for Crew Transfer Vessels

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Wind

Workboat + Wind Volume 3

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Greg Lennon. ABS photo

ABS appoints Lennon vice president offshore wind

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The trawler Virginia Marise from Point Judith, R.I., near the Block Island Wind Farm. Deepwater Wind photo.

Fishing advocates appeal BOEM Vineyard Wind approval

Kirk Moore

BOEM revised NY Bight wind areas — BOEM has outlined draft wind energy areas in the New York Bight. BOEM image.

BOEM extends comment period for offshore wind leases in New York Bight

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Purpose-built vessels for offshore wind development needed

Jonathan Barnes

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An IMO working group has made progress in developing lifecycle GHG/carbon intensity guidelines. IMO graphic

IMO makes progress on life-cycle greenhouse gas guidelines

WorkBoat Staff

The selected vessel is a modern ubiquitous tug designed and built by Damen Shipyards. Sea Machines photo

Sea Machines to embark on world's first autonomous, remotely commanded voyage by ocean tug

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CMA CGM Bianca before the accident. Source: Henry Kadoch, harborshots.com/NTSB

Severe winds caused New Orleans ship breakaway, NTSB report says

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The stern view of the Golden Ray six hours after the heeling event. Flame and smoke emanate from cargo decks on the starboard side of the vessel. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard

Inaccurate stability calculations caused Golden Ray capsizing, NTSB says

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The Port of New Orleans restarted operations just four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Port NOLA photo

Port of New Orleans reopens four days after Ida

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