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WorkBoat Show 2025: See the Show Floor in New Orleans! Get a live look at the floorplan, check booth availability, and see who’s signed up!

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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Houston Pilots debut next-gen launches

Eric Haun

July 14, 2025

Breaux’s Bay Craft, Loreauville, La., has delivered the San Jacinto, the first of two new custom aluminum pilot boats for the Houston Pilots.

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San Jacinto is the first of two new pilot boats — dubbed the Cajun Twins — built by Breaux’s Bay Craft for the Houston Pilots. Breaux’s Bay Craft photo.

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Marine Group Boat Works' battery electric yard tug Marco V. MGBW photo.

Marine Group Boat Works converts diesel yard tug to battery-electric

Ben Hayden

July 15, 2025

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Marine Group Boat Works, Chula Vista, Calif., has completed the conversion of its diesel-powered yard tug Marco V to full battery-electric propulsion.

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File photo: Coast Guard crewmen from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrol the Mississippi River near downtown New Orleans. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Tom Atkeson.

House committee approves Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025

WorkBoat Staff

July 16, 2025

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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved bipartisan legislation that would authorize funding and strengthen operations for the U.S. Coast Guard through fiscal year 2029.

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Empire Wind, a 810-megawatt turbine array under construction off New York, was allowed to proceed in mid-May by the Trump administration. Equinor rendering.

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Offshore Wind Innovation Hub selects six companies for accelerator program

July 16, 2025

The 105'x27'x15' NH3 Kraken, a 1950s-built tugboat that was retrofitted with Amogy's ammonia-to-electrical power system. Amogy photo.

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Amogy secures additional $23 million in venture funding

July 16, 2025

Marine Group Boat Works' CEO, Todd Roberts. MGBW photo.

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Marine Group Boat Works changes ownership, names Roberts CEO

July 16, 2025

A Helix semi-submersible used for well intervention work. Helix Energy Solutions photo.

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Helix awarded P&A work for Exxon in the US Gulf

July 16, 2025

File photo: Coast Guard crewmen from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrol the Mississippi River near downtown New Orleans. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Tom Atkeson.

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House committee approves Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025

July 16, 2025

The Rice's whale population in the Gulf of Mexico is estimated at only around 75 animals, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA photo.

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Trump administration to delay Rice’s whale rule to 2027

July 15, 2025

Patrick Blake is the Wing Group's new COO. Wing Group photo.

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The Wing Group names Patrick Blake COO

July 15, 2025

Boatbuilder Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La., recently delivered the first of two 38 Defiant NXT fireboats to Tampa Fire Rescue. Metal Shark photo.

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Metal Shark delivers first of two fireboats to Tampa Fire Rescue

July 15, 2025

The future USS Pierre (LCS 38) conducts sea trials in Mobile, Ala., June 2025. Austal USA photo.

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Final Independence-variant littoral combat ship delivered

July 15, 2025

Marine Group Boat Works' battery electric yard tug Marco V. MGBW photo.

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Marine Group Boat Works converts diesel yard tug to battery-electric

July 15, 2025

The USCGC Argus (WMSM 915), the first ship of the Heritage-class offshore patrol cutters, was launched during a christening ceremony in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 27, 2023. Photo by Brandon Giles / U.S. Coast Guard.

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DHS cancels 'wasteful' OPC shipbuilding contract

July 14, 2025

The mariner’s guide to onboard weather instruments

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HamiltonJet Launches Comprehensive 3+3-Year Warranty Programme

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Datrex, Inc. Announces USCG Approved Life Floats for the Maritime Safety Industry

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A set of buoys sits on the pier at U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston, waiting to be transferred for cleaning and repair. Coast Guard photo by Ryan L. Noel.

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Navigation anxiety on our waterways

July 15, 2025

San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Sea Change, built by All American Marine, Bellingham, Wash., is the first hydrogen-powered vessel operating commercially in the U.S. San Francisco Bay Ferry photo.

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Next-gen marine fuels power progress, yet challenges remain

July 14, 2025

Gulf oil production is expected to increase slightly in 2025 and 2026 from 2024. Shutterstock photo.

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Offshore industry keeps oil production growing

July 11, 2025

The CG-719K form must be completely filled out and emailed to the Coast Guard as one PDF using their new standardized naming convention.

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Coast Guard standardizes new format for medical certificate submissions

July 10, 2025

The inland towing industry is asking the Trump administration to drop or modify a host of existing federal regulations or policies that it says are negatively impacting towing operations. Shutterstock photo.

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Inland towing industry seeks regulatory relief

July 8, 2025

"The maritime prosperity zone concept is a great idea that risks being run aground by sloppy execution." Shutterstock.AI image

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Maritime prosperity zones adrift in red tape

July 7, 2025

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File photo: Coast Guard crewmen from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrol the Mississippi River near downtown New Orleans. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Tom Atkeson.

House committee approves Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025

The WorkBoat team recently visited Silver Ships in Theodore, Ala., to tour the aluminum boatyard and ride aboard three new vessels built for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. Doug Stewart photos.

Silver Ships delivers three survey vessels to Army Corps Savannah

The solar-powered catamaran Firefly is scheduled to be launched at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding at the end of July. Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding photos.

Solar-powered vessel Firefly will bring students to water

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