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

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Freedom Fighter puts historic Coast Guard boat back to work

Steve Mosco

July 24, 2026

Veterans Against Suicide will chase a Great Loop speed record aboard the first SAFE Boats Response Boat–Homeland Security, giving the restored vessel and its crew a new mission.

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Freedom Fighter — Freedom Fighter, the restored former Coast Guard response boat, runs during testing ahead of its Great Loop speed-record attempt for Veterans Against Suicide. Bailor Group photo.

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The tugboat Wood Chuck was pushing a 60' barge that struck a sailboat near Miami, July 28, 2025. Coast Guard photo by Jessica Walker.

Tugboat captain pleads guilty in collision that killed three children

Eric Haun

July 24, 2026

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A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to seaman's manslaughter and faces up to 10 years in federal prison following a July 2025 collision near Miami that killed three children.

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San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Karl is an aluminum catamaran designed by One2three Naval Architects. San Francisco Bay Ferry photo.

BMT acquires One2three Naval Architects

WorkBoat Staff

July 23, 2026

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Engineering and maritime consultancy BMT has acquired Sydney-based One2three Naval Architects, adding an established commercial and specialist vessel design house to its global ship-design business.

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The former Erie Coke site on Pennsylvania's Lake Erie waterfront has been proposed as the future home of Gem City Shipbuilding, a planned shipyard that supporters say could help expand U.S. naval shipbuilding capacity. EPA photo.

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Kelly, Moran propose maritime investment zones for U.S. shipbuilding

July 24, 2026

The group Save Long Beach Island called for NOAA "to designate the primary historic migration corridor of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale along the East Coast as critical habitat." Save LBI graphic.

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NOAA refuses petition for right whale migration corridor

July 24, 2026

The tugboat Wood Chuck was pushing a 60' barge that struck a sailboat near Miami, July 28, 2025. Coast Guard photo by Jessica Walker.

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Tugboat captain pleads guilty in collision that killed three children

July 24, 2026

Freedom Fighter — Freedom Fighter, the restored former Coast Guard response boat, runs during testing ahead of its Great Loop speed-record attempt for Veterans Against Suicide. Bailor Group photo.

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Freedom Fighter puts historic Coast Guard boat back to work

July 24, 2026

Gunderson Marine & Iron (GM&I) has appointed Tom Lee as president. Lee has more than 28 years of executive leadership experience in heavy industrial construction and manufacturing. GM&I photo.

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Gunderson names Tom Lee president

July 23, 2026

House Rules Shipbuildijng — A House Rules Committee report includes a broad maritime amendment addressing cargo preference, domestic shipbuilding, and the U.S.-flag fleet.

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House report lays out broad SHIPS for America proposal

July 23, 2026

Saronic recently selected Brownsville, Texas, as the site of its planned Port Alpha shipyard. Saronic photo.

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Saronic, Samsung Heavy Industries form shipbuilding partnership

July 23, 2026

Uforce’s 25.5'x7.7' Magura MV7 unmanned surface vessel. The vessel has a top speed of approximately 39 knots and a range of about 800 nautical miles. Uforce photo.

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Uforce, Reconcraft partner on US-built USVs

July 23, 2026

Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier. Army Corps New Orleans District photo.

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Coast Guard clears New Orleans canal ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha

July 23, 2026

San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Karl is an aluminum catamaran designed by One2three Naval Architects. San Francisco Bay Ferry photo.

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BMT acquires One2three Naval Architects

July 23, 2026

A towboat pushes a tow into the lock chamber at the Melvin Price Locks and Dam on the Upper Mississippi River. The lock is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees navigation projects funded through the Water Resources Development Act. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

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House, Senate committees advance WRDA bills to full chambers

July 22, 2026

Ring Power Strengthens Cox Marine Network Across the U.S. South

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ZALOPHUS, the sister ship of San Francisco Bay Ferry Karl

HamiltonJet Propulsion Drives the Next Wave of Ferry Innovation

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Revolutionary Permanent Fastener Offers Unmatched Vibration Resistance — Yet Removes Easily with Standard Torque Tools

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Duramax Infrastructure: The Smart Choice for Marine Infrastructure

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Risks around lithium-ion batteries and thermal runaway are a growing concern for marine operators. Shutterstock photo.

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The human element of thermal runaway challenges

July 21, 2026

Corsair autonomous uncrewed surface vessels, manufactured by Saronic, have been deployed by the Navy in missions including the rescue of a downed helicopter crew and a strike on an Iranian naval facility. Saronic photo.

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The future of naval warfare isn’t coming. It has arrived at the water’s edge

July 15, 2026

Sunken tugboat in a river. Shutterstock photo.

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Total and constructive total loss

June 30, 2026

U.S.-flag vessels have been available for nearly all of the waiver voyages completed so far. Shutterstock photo.

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Jones Act flub

June 25, 2026

A 45-foot response boat medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle responds to a vessel fire. Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter photo.

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A fire waiting to happen

June 22, 2026

Columbia River Women's Caucus President Capt. Sasha La Greide enters Bonneville locks with tug and barges. CRWC photos.

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Columbia River Women’s Caucus aims to support women mariners, grow workforce

June 17, 2026

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USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211) was christened June 6 at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. General Dynamics NASSCO photos.

Sealift Command christens oiler Thurgood Marshall

Titan, the second vessel in an eight-tug series being built by Master Boat Builders for Maritime Partners, is launched at the Coden, Ala. shipyard. Master Boat Builders photo.

Master Boat Builders launches second Maritime Partners tug

The Regent Viceroy, a 12-passenger electric-powered seaglider, is planned to be delivered this year. Regent image.

REGENT completes Rhode Island seaglider production facility

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