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The 2025 International WorkBoat Show is scheduled for December 3-5, 2025, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

International WorkBoat Show co-located with Underwater Intervention

This year’s record-breaking WorkBoat Show was just the beginning—stay connected to learn what’s next in 2025.

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New Edison Chouest SOV ready after Empire Wind reprieve

WorkBoat Staff

May 20, 2025

Edison Chouest Offshore’s new 262’x62’ service operations vessel ECO Liberty is poised to work on Equinor’s $5 billion Empire Wind project off New York – days after a stunning reversal of the Trump administration’s rejection of offshore wind development.

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The ECO Liberty service operation vessel was launched by Edison Chouest Offshore in May and will support the newly revived Empire Wind project off New York. Edison Chouest Offshore photo.

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Construction on the first ancillary surface craft - medium is set to begin this summer at C&C Marine and Repair's shipyard in Belle Chasse, La. Birdon image.

Birdon partners with C&C to build Marine Corps landing craft prototypes

WorkBoat Staff

May 21, 2025

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Birdon has partnered with C&C Marine and Repair to build two ancillary surface craft prototypes for the U.S. Marine Corps at C&C's Belle Chasse, La. facilities.

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Hines Furlong Line's M/V Donny Mudgett. Laborde Products photo.

First of 11 new towboats joins Hines Furlong fleet

WorkBoat Staff

May 21, 2025

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Hines Furlong Line, has taken delivery of the Donny Mudgett, the first vessel in an 11-vessel newbuild program underway at two Louisiana shipyards.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting Commandant of the Coast Guard, at response efforts to the Washington D.C., air crash in January 2025. Coast Guard photo/PO1 Brandon Giles.

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Noem introduces ‘Force Design 2028’ blueprint, names Lunday Coast Guard commandant

May 21, 2025

The Crown Bay Cargo Port in St. Thomas handles containerized and general cargo, playing a crucial role in the economy of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The port is a trans-shipment port for many other Caribbean islands. USVI Port Authority photo.

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Maritime advocates seek new U.S. Virgin Islands ship registry

May 21, 2025

Safer Seas Digest 2024 cover image. NTSB image.

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NTSB releases Safer Seas Digest 2024

May 21, 2025

Hines Furlong Line's M/V Donny Mudgett. Laborde Products photo.

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First of 11 new towboats joins Hines Furlong fleet

May 21, 2025

WINDEA Reliance is the last in a series of new CTVs constructed for WINDEA CTV LLC. St. Johns Ship Building photo.

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Series-ending CTV joins the WINDEA fleet

May 21, 2025

The Delaware River and Bay Authority is planning a $74 million hybrid-electric ferry to replace the MV Cape Henlopen, a diesel ferry that has served for more than 40 years between Lewes, Del., and Cape May, N.J. Elliott Bay Design Group rendering.

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New Delaware Bay ferry goes out to bid

May 21, 2025

Aker Arctic Technology was awarded a contract in 2013 by the Finnish Transport Agency to design the Finnish icebreaker, Polaris. Aker Arctic photo.

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Aker Arctic acquires Bluetech Finland to expand icebreaker design capacity

May 21, 2025

The study identifies a pressing need to attract and train new talent, with domestic vessel operators needing to hire 8,300 new workers to meet industry demand and replace retirees by 2029 — the equivalent of more than 30% of its current workforce. Davie rendering

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New study sheds light on urgent workforce gaps in Canada’s marine sector

May 21, 2025

Construction on the first ancillary surface craft - medium is set to begin this summer at C&C Marine and Repair's shipyard in Belle Chasse, La. Birdon image.

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Birdon partners with C&C to build Marine Corps landing craft prototypes

May 21, 2025

A rendering of Kongsberg's new electric towing winch. Kongsberg image.

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Kongsberg launches new electric towing winch for tug market

May 21, 2025

The ECO Liberty service operation vessel was launched by Edison Chouest Offshore in May and will support the newly revived Empire Wind project off New York. Edison Chouest Offshore photo.

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New Edison Chouest SOV ready after Empire Wind reprieve

May 20, 2025

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' FY25 Work Plan includes $44 million to continue work on the Montgomery Lock project on the Ohio River. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

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An austere plan, but still progress

May 19, 2025

Towboat deliveries are rising as demand grows for modern, low-horsepower vessels to guide America’s inland barge traffic. Construction rebounds despite cost concerns, with new designs exploring hybrid and electric innovations. Shutterstock photo.

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Economic uncertainty slows barge industry construction plans

May 16, 2025

In March 2024, the containership Dali struck a support pillar of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing a major part of the span to collapse. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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Two bridge allisions, two very different legal analyses

May 14, 2025

File photo: A littoral combat ship under construction at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Ala. U.S. Navy photo by Shannon Eve Renfroe.

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Steel, subsidies, and second thoughts in US shipbuilding

May 14, 2025

The Ursa platform in the Gulf of Mexico. At levels forecasted by the Energy Information Administration, the Gulf would account for about 14% of U.S. oil production and 2% of marketed natural gas production. Shell photo.

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Oil and gas drilling declines in Gulf amid market, policy pressures

May 13, 2025

Hanwha Philly Shipyard has cited workforce shortages as a major challenge impacting its shipbuilding projects. Hanwha Philly Shipyard photo.

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America’s shipyards are hiring — but where are the workers?

May 13, 2025

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Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtémoc following a fatal allision with the Brooklyn Bridge. Office of Mayor Eric Adams photo.

Mexican Navy tall ship strikes the Brooklyn Bridge, killing 2

A Coast Guard aircrew hoists a crewmember from the National Geographic Venture 15 miles off Coos Bay, Ore., on April 20, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter.

Video: Coast Guard airlifts crewmember from National Geographic Venture offshore

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