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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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Curtin Maritime's new clamshell dredge is the largest in North America

Eric Haun

November 7, 2025

Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, Calif., has taken delivery of DB Catalina, the largest mechanical clamshell dredge in the Western Hemisphere.

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Curtin Maritime's new large clamshell dredge is working its first job in the Port of Houston. Curtin Maritime photo.

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Three tugs towed the shuttered jail barge out of New York City. NYCEDC photo.

Notorious New York jail barge towed away for scrapping

Eric Haun

November 5, 2025

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A decommissioned jail barge that spent decades moored off New York City was towed away Monday, ending its long and controversial run on the Big Apple waterfront.

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The offshore market has long represented the future for oil companies. Shutterstock photo.

Uncertainty surrounds the offshore industry

G. Allen Brooks

November 6, 2025

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Crude oil prices below $60 per barrel have industry executives scaling back spending plans as they weigh adjustments within their financial discipline protocols.

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The towboat John Austin has a new pair of S12R-Y3 Mitsubishi diesels in its engine room. Laborde Products photo

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Maritime Partners repowers towboat with Mitsubishi S12R-Y3 engines

November 7, 2025

The full year 2025 is forecast at 24.9 million TEU, down 2.3% from 25.5 million TEU in 2024. Shutterstock photo

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Imports should see slowdown until year’s end, NRF says

November 7, 2025

Curtin Maritime's new large clamshell dredge is working its first job in the Port of Houston. Curtin Maritime photo.

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Curtin Maritime's new clamshell dredge is the largest in North America

November 7, 2025

First two offshore lease sales connected to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are moving forward. Shutterstock photo

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BOEM moving forward with two offshore lease sales

November 7, 2025

A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City rescued five people from a life raft after their sailboat, Magic Bus, began taking on water 260 nautical miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Nov. 6, 2025. Coast Guard photo/Air Station Elizabeth City

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Coast Guard rescues sailors 260 miles off Cape Hatteras

November 6, 2025

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. is not happy with the Trump administration for what she says is reversing course on holding China accountable, delaying penalties that were designed to support American shipbuilding and not leveling the playing field for American workers after China has spent decades undercutting American shipyards. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Jerry Glaser.

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Sen. Baldwin says administration is allowing China to undercut American shipbuilders

November 6, 2025

Corps says "No Permit Required" module will make the regulatory process easier for everyone. Shutterstock photo

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USACE introduces new Regulatory Request System module

November 6, 2025

Coast Guard cutter Hollyhock was the last of the service’s 16 seagoing buoy tenders to have completed hull and structural repairs, removed and replaced obsolete, unsupportable and maintenance-intensive equipment, and updated the machinery control system, propellers, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. U.S. Coast Guard photo

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Coast Guard completes major maintenance program on seagoing buoy tender fleet

November 6, 2025

From fiscal year 2018 through 2024, FEMA awarded more than half of the $690 million in grant funds to eight port areas, and 82 port areas across the U.S. received funds. GAO photo

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FEMA should improve transparency of port grant decisions, GAO report says

November 6, 2025

New York City officials announced a 'Blue Highways Action Plan' to revive short sea shipping and maritime freight movement on New York City waterways, and help relieve city traffic congestion. NYEDC photo.

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Renewed push for short sea shipping around New York

November 5, 2025

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Rolls-Royce, Foresee Power sign MoU to accelerate electrification

November 5, 2025

Extensive Manufacturing and Repair in the USA Since 1981 - Fire Fighting Boats Equipped with Hunger Special Hydraulic Cylinders Examples of Application

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Engineering Excellence at Sea: DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Powers the Next Generation of Commercial and Military Vessels

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Aluma Marine Delivers New 26-Foot Survey Boat to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albany District

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Aluma Marine & Fabrication Announces Major Investment and Expansion to Lead the Future of U.S. Boatbuilding

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The offshore market has long represented the future for oil companies. Shutterstock photo.

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Uncertainty surrounds the offshore industry

November 6, 2025

The 2025 International WorkBoat Show is kicking off with a brand-new networking event at a New Orleans Pelicans basketball game. Shutterstock photo.

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Start your WorkBoat week courtside

November 6, 2025

The Nov. 03 UPDATE #3 from the USCG National Maritime Center regarding the government shutdown.

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Coast Guard issues new credential extensions for domestic mariners

November 4, 2025

A Coast Guard inspector examines a life ring and its attached floating water light aboard a passenger vessel during an in-service inspection. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Corey Parish.

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Inspecting the inspectors

November 3, 2025

Crewmembers wave from Crowley's Liberty in October 2024. The articulated tug and barge is carrying fuel from the Gulf Coast to Florida in the wake of Hurricane Milton. American Maritime Partnership photo.

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Op-ed: America First requires the Jones Act

October 23, 2025

When employees receive training beyond their traditional roles, the entire operation benefits. Shutterstock photo.

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The value of cross-training employees

October 22, 2025

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The WorkBoat team visited Snow & Company in November 2024. Pictured under construciton are the Seattle-shipyard's 30’x15’x6’ Workboat Medium vessels for the Navy and a 178'x68’ barge for waterfront neighbor Western Towboat. Doug Stewart photos.

Snow & Company highlights proven workforce solutions in Senate testimony

Designed for speeds exceeding 25 knots, the 190' vessel will be capable of a minimum range of 2,500 nautical miles carrying 4'x40' ISO intermodal containers on the payload deck. HII rendering

HII unveils AI-enabled USVs powered by Odyssey software

Workboats evacuate Manhattan on 9/11, New York Council of the Navy League photo — Workboats rush to evacuate thousands from Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, after the terrorist attacks. New York Council of the Navy League photo.

Remembering 9/11: Calling all boats, 24 years later

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