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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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Next-gen marine engines: Cleaner, smarter, still reliable?

Eric Haun

March 11, 2026

Engine manufacturers push new tech and emissions solutions while many operators continue to value mechanical simplicity and reliability in harsh marine environments.

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Laborde Products is supplying Mitsubishi S6R2 Tier 3 engines for a series of 11 Hines Furlong Line towboats, including the Oxford, built by Intracoastal Iron Works, Bourg, La. Laborde Products photo.

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Responders battle a fire that broke out on board scrap metal barge in Delaware Bay. Coast Guard photo.

Delaware barge fire extinguished

WorkBoat Staff

March 11, 2026

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The Coast Guard and partner agencies have extinguished a fire on a scrap metal barge in Delaware Bay, officials confirmed on Thursday.

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BOEM offered approximately 15,000 unleased blocks across the Western, Central, and portions of the Eastern Gulf Planning Areas. Shutterstock photo.

Second 'Big Beautiful Gulf' lease sale generates just $47 million

Eric Haun

March 11, 2026

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The second Gulf offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act generated just $46,976,423 in high bids, the Department of the Interior announced.

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The Maine State Ferry Captain E. Frank Thompson is hauled out at the Rockland Marine Corporation yard for repairs following mechanical problems. Maine State Ferry photo.

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Maine State Ferry under repair at Rockland

March 12, 2026

Gateway Clipper’s towboat Empress II pushes the 212'x50' passenger vessel Gateway Empress on the Monongahela River in an undated photo taken prior to the March engine-room fire aboard the towboat. Gateway Clipper photo.

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Engine-room fire damages Pittsburgh towboat

March 12, 2026

Echandia image.

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Echandia launches Ultra battery system for high-cycle marine operations

March 12, 2026

Thordon Bearings at the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers conference. Thordon Bearings photo.

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Thordon Bearings, SNAME launch graduate scholarship for green vessel design

March 12, 2026

Responders battle a fire that broke out on board scrap metal barge in Delaware Bay. Coast Guard photo.

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Delaware barge fire extinguished

March 11, 2026

Laborde Products is supplying Mitsubishi S6R2 Tier 3 engines for a series of 11 Hines Furlong Line towboats, including the Oxford, built by Intracoastal Iron Works, Bourg, La. Laborde Products photo.

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Next-gen marine engines: Cleaner, smarter, still reliable?

March 11, 2026

Magnolia Marine's three new towboats sitting dockside. Magnolia Marine Transport Co. photo.

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Magnolia Marine expands towboat, barge fleet

March 11, 2026

A scrap metal barge fire near Reedy Island in New Castle County, Del., March 10 spread plumes of black smoke and affected air quality as far north as Philadelphia. Channel 6 ABC video image.

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Coast Guard, firefighters battle Delaware barge fire

March 10, 2026

The FERRIES Act would increase funding for ferry programs through the Highway Trust Fund, advanced appropriations, and authorized appropriations. Shutterstock photo.

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Bipartisan bill would boost federal ferry funding to $1.35 billion annually

March 10, 2026

Colder than usual January temperatures found the 650' lake freighter Algoma Intrepid battling ice on northern Lake Michigan. A Coast Guard icebreaker arrived to assist. Coast Guard Great Lakes District photo.

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Putting Great Lakes shipping delays on ice

March 9, 2026

The Emerald Clipper is a 103.4'x32' high-speed aluminum whale-watch boat built for Pacific Northwest ferry and excursion vessel operator FRS Clipper. Mavrik Marine photo.

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Whale-watch boat launched for FRS Clipper

March 9, 2026

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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White Paper: Gearmatic Partners with Hydra Works to Validate new GM Series Hoist

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Arrowhead Winch

Decades of Innovation: Why CAPAC® Sets the Standard for Hull Protection

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The CG-719B application form with the Document of Continuity boxes checked. Thirty seconds of paperwork that most mariners don't know exists. MM-SEAS USCG Licensing Software photo.

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Ending Documents of Continuity could boost maritime workforce

March 11, 2026

Salvage law has evolved through the years, but the basic idea has remained steady. Shutterstock photo.

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Breakaway barge case illustrates the operation of marine salvage law

March 10, 2026

Wheelhouse design and window placement directly affect operator visibility and situational awareness aboard workboats. Shutterstock photo.

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How’s the view?

March 3, 2026

The most successful internal audits provide leadership with an honest assessment of the status of the management system. Shutterstock photo.

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Seek objectivity in your next internal audit

February 24, 2026

Oil prices, although meaningfully lower than this time last year, have not fallen as far as some forecasters predicted. Shutterstock photo.

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Austerity returns to the oil patch

February 20, 2026

A properly drafted and signed contract is legally enforceable. However, just because you have signed the document does not mean that your insurance policy will react to it. Shutterstock photo.

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Don’t sign blind

February 18, 2026

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A contracted crane operator removes a Cummins diesel engine from the towboat Missouri at the Missouri River Project Office, Port of Omaha, Dec. 3, 2025. The engines and generators were transported to Memphis, Tenn., for complete overhaul. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Delanie Stafford.

Engines rebuilt for Army Corps towboats

In May 2020, Overseas Shipholding Group received a 204,000-barrel-capacity oil and chemical tank barge built by Greenbrier Marine for dual-mode ITB service. OSG photo.

OSG’s Sam Norton on the Jones Act, energy security and growing the US-flag fleet

USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), the sixth and final Lewis B. Puller-class vessel in the Navy's Expeditionary Sea Base program, was christened during a ceremony in San Diego on March 7. General Dynamics NASSCO photo.

Navy's final Expeditionary Sea Base ship christened

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