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May 25, 2022

Firefighters, Coast Guard extinguish intense barge fire in Delaware Bay

Kirk Moore

A barge carrying junked household appliances and scrap metal burned on May 23, 2022, about nine miles from Port Mahon, Del. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control photo.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposes to lease five areas totaling 373,268 acres off the central and northern California coast for offshore wind energy. BOEM graphic.

May 26, 2022

Five California offshore wind leases proposed

Kirk Moore

Gladding-Hearn is building its first offshore wind CTV to support the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding rendering.

May 24, 2022

Gladding-Hearn begins construction on CTV for Patriot Offshore

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May 24, 2022

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The MV Erin T deploys a 500' section of 32" water-cooled fire-retardant boom approximately three miles off the coast of Point Bolivar, Texas, on May 18, during an exercise to evaluate the capability of Lobo Operating Inc. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement routinely assesses an organization's Oil Spill Response Plan to ensure owners and operators of offshore oil facilities are trained and equipped to respond to oil spills. BSEE photo

BSEE evaluates Gulf fire boom deployment exercise

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The Coast Guard cutter Denman will travel to Alaska where it will be commissioned on Sept. 28 in its new homeport of Ketchikan. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Coast Guard takes delivery of 49th fast response cutter

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SCA President Matt Paxton and Bollinger Shipyards president and CEO Ben Bordelon. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Shipbuilders Council announces 2022 Shipyard Safety Awards

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The APL containership President Eisenhower operating near San Francisco in 2019. Source: San Francisco Bar Pilots, MarineTraffic.com

NTSB determines cause of 2021 containership fire

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A barge carrying junked household appliances and scrap metal burned on May 23, 2022, about nine miles from Port Mahon, Del. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control photo.

Firefighters, Coast Guard extinguish intense barge fire in Delaware Bay

Kirk Moore

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States, U.S. share jurisdiction

Daniel J. Hoerner

Inland Marine Expo 2022 begins tomorrow at the Convention Center in St. Louis. Mike Cohen photo

Back to St. Louis one more time

Ken Hocke

The Malta-flagged Minerva PSARA LNG tanker was taking on cargo at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass export terminal in late 2021. Cheniere Energy Inc. photo.

U.S. LNG exports help fill supply gap

Jim Redden

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Wind advocates buoyant at New Jersey forum

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Building costs are keeping barge rates high

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Nearly two decades of fighting for maritime workers

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Lyon Shipyard announces $24 million expansion

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposes to lease five areas totaling 373,268 acres off the central and northern California coast for offshore wind energy. BOEM graphic.

Five California offshore wind leases proposed

Kirk Moore

Gladding-Hearn is building its first offshore wind CTV to support the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding rendering.

Gladding-Hearn begins construction on CTV for Patriot Offshore

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BOEM image

Wind advocates buoyant at New Jersey forum

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The plug-in hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) selected by Empire Wind. Illustration: Edison Chouest Offshore

Empire Wind awards Edison Chouest contract to build hybrid SOV

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Massachusetts governor visits maritime academy for offshore wind training demo

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The APL containership President Eisenhower operating near San Francisco in 2019. Source: San Francisco Bar Pilots, MarineTraffic.com

NTSB determines cause of 2021 containership fire

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Despite many initiatives, women are still under-represented in the maritime industry and make up just 2% of the world’s estimated 1.2 million seafarers. IMO photo

Report explores key challenges faced by women seafarers

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Women are climbing the maritime career ladder, Caribbean port official says

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Maersk is planning a new class of methanol-fueled 16,000 TEU container vessels. Maersk rendering.

Maersk, buoyed by high ocean freight rates, reports record earnings

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Shipping containers were piled at Terminal 46 in Seattle as the container vessel CMA CGM Gemini waited nearby. Kirk Moore photo.

Another $234.3 million added to boost U.S. port infrastructure

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