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February 23, 2021

Austal USA president resigns in wake of LCS program investigation

WorkBoat Staff

lcs-montgomery-lcs8-austal-usa — The littoral combat ship Montgomery (LCS 8). Austal USA photo

First Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel. Dominion Energy rendering

February 25, 2021

ABS to class first U.S.-flag offshore wind installation vessel

WorkBoat Staff

Wolfgang Rain is chief coordinating officer for Sea Risk Solutions LLC. US Wind photo.

February 24, 2021

US Wind, Sea Risk Solutions to work on Delmarva fishermen outreach

Kirk Moore

thumbnail_VCFD Conception 2 — Thirty-four passengers and crew died in the dive boat Conception fire. Ventura County Fire Department

February 18, 2021

Coast Guard designating some passenger vessels as high risk

Dale K. DuPont

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LCS Freedom class. Lockheed Martin photo

Leidos to purchase Gibbs & Cox for $380 million

WorkBoat Staff

Kitsap Transit purchased the 320-passenger Solano from the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) on Feb. 19 for about $1 miilion. WETA photo

Kitsap Transit purchases catamaran ferry from San Francisco

WorkBoat Staff

First Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel. Dominion Energy rendering

ABS to class first U.S.-flag offshore wind installation vessel

WorkBoat Staff

Grain-barges-NOLA-USDA-702x336 — USDA photo Anson Eaglin

Inland barge operations resume after severe weather

WorkBoat Staff

The Miss Ellis Island. Statue Cruises LLC

Statue Cruises to continue to provide ferry service to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

WorkBoat Staff

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USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — Ensign Patricia Carrow, a Coast Guard vessel inspector, examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif. on Dec. 7, 2016. The Coast Guard inspects every operating passenger vessel for safety and regulation standards annually. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrea Anderson)

Coast Guard’s new risk tool concerns passenger vessel operators

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Paul R. Tregutha — At 1013.5 feet, Interlake Steamship Company’s flagship M/V Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest ship on the Great Lakes. Interlake Steamship Company photo

U.S.-flag Great Lakes fleet continues to invest

WorkBoat Staff

The 80'x38'x13'2" ship assist/escort tug C.D. White was designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built at Eastern Shipbuilding Group for Bisso Offshore LLC. The tug was one of WorkBoat's Significant Boats of 2020. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

Tugs: The rest of the story

Ken Hocke

HDT_copy — FEMA and the Maritime Administration are distributing facial coverings to about 400 maritime transportation entities nationwide. Harbor Docking & Towing photo

Mask mandate in the Maritime Transportation System

U.S. Coast Guard

Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard christened two new tugs, the 2,000-hp Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, at the companies' Cleveland facilities on Dec. 16. Photo by Paul C. LaMarre III

Avoid deck skating — Part II

Joel Milton

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How Lopolight used the learnings from creating solutions for autonomous vessels and made them the best choice for the everyday application

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How are Webasto HVAC marine applications enabling new opportunities for SAR crews?

Jeremiah Karpowicz

Building an NMEA 2000 network has never been as simple or cost effective

WorkBoat Staff

The ATB barge RTC 108 was built for Reinauer Transportation — Senesco Marine photo

Senesco Marine: A leading East Coast shipyard

WorkBoat Staff

Making it possible: Supporting customers and their supply chains safely and efficiently.

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Wind

First Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel. Dominion Energy rendering

ABS to class first U.S.-flag offshore wind installation vessel

WorkBoat Staff

Vineyard Wind 1 (dark blue at center) would be the first offshore wind energy project among several planned on federal leases south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. BOEM image.

New York energy official to lead BOEM; agency resumes Vineyard Wind review

Kirk Moore

Vineyard Wind developers plan to use the 14-megawatt GE Haliade X turbine for their project 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. GE image.

The Biden boost comes early for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

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How will an accelerated interest in the wind market define the future of ports?

Shelby Huff

Image courtesy of Pixabay

How will offshore wind innovations affect the maritime industry?

Chloe Skupnick

Bluewater

Crowley Maritime photo

Crowley's Jensen Maritime combined into new engineering group

WorkBoat Staff

USS Kidd Covid 19 — U.S. Coast Guard photo

Webinar to be held on Covid-19 vaccines for marine transportation system workers

WorkBoat Staff

International Liquid Terminals Association photo

ILTA chief wants full use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund

WorkBoat Staff

Crowley has transported and delivered military specification fuel since 1956 to the Eareckson Air Station 1,200 miles from Anchorage in the remote western reaches of the Aleutian Island archipelago. Crowley Solutions photo

Feds award Crowley military fuels contract for remote air station

WorkBoat Staff

The CMA CGM John Adams arrives at Savannah, Ga., in 2018. Savannah, Charleston, S.C., and other U.S. Southeast ports are expanding to accommodate bigger post-Panamax container ships. Kirk Moore photo.

More ships must slow to protect right whales, NOAA says

Kirk Moore

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