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TSA launches new online TWIC renewal process

WorkBoat Staff

New Over the Horizon boat design. Inventech Marine Solutions rendering

Coast Guard awards $103 million contract to Inventech Marine for up to 200 over the horizon boats

Ken Hocke

BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM extends comment period for Gulf wind energy areas

WorkBoat Staff

The Morro Bay Wind Energy Area covers about 276 square miles off the central California coast. BOEM graphic.

California adopts ambitious offshore wind goals

WorkBoat Staff

, 321-passenger ferry Dorado. Mavrik Marine photo

Mavrik Marine delivers 321-passenger ferry to San Francisco

Ken Hocke

Viewpoints

Freeport LNG photo

Demand for gas: Up in Europe, down in the U.S. and stable in Asia

Guest Author

According to a Boatline report, the Great White Shark is the most dangerous shark in the world. Boatline photos

The most dangerous sharks in the world

Ken Hocke

WorkBoat file photo

WorkBoat stocks rebounded in July, gaining 8%

David Krapf

Transportation Workers Identification Credential — Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Fairchild, with the U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Division, checks a port security guard's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) at Young Brothers in Honolulu. U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Luke Clayton

Customer service and finding employees

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Crew and guests should always try and ensure that their ears are drained after being in the water by gently tapping or shaking a tilted head. Incat Crowther image

It’s not all fun and games aboard superyachts

Ken Hocke

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Washington State Ferries’ Journey to Hybrid Electric

WorkBoat Staff

What made this Mitsubishi engine the 'perfect fit' to power a new tug?

Jeremiah Karpowicz

Southern Thrusters, LLC Board of Directors Expands Operations

WorkBoat Staff

Imtra’s Systems & Solutions for Inland Towboats

WorkBoat Staff

Can autonomous technology eliminate human error at sea to prevent maritime accidents?

Jeremiah Karpowicz

Wind

BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM extends comment period for Gulf wind energy areas

WorkBoat Staff

The Morro Bay Wind Energy Area covers about 276 square miles off the central California coast. BOEM graphic.

California adopts ambitious offshore wind goals

WorkBoat Staff

Dominion turbine install June 20 2020 — The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Senate bill passage buoys offshore wind developers – and oil

Kirk Moore

Virginia and North Carolina hope to obtain new renewable energy from the Dominion Energy project (top) and the Kitty Hawk development. Tufts University School of Engineering image.

Dominion Energy gets nod from Virginia for its offshore wind project

WorkBoat Staff

Plans for the Ocean Wind 1 project off New Jersey could be modified for a power export cable route across Barnegat Bay to the Oyster Creek site. BOEM graphic.

BOEM extends public comment on New Jersey wind project

Kirk Moore

Bluewater

Tropical storm Colin formed unexpectedly off the Carolinas and swiftly dissipated July 2-3. Forecasters still expect the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season to be more active than normal. NOAA image.

Forecasters still predict above-average Atlantic hurricane season

Kirk Moore

North Atlantic right whale #3230 "Infinity" and her calf were struck off the coast of Florida in February 2021. The calf pictured died from the strike. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission/NOAA permit 18786.

NOAA wants stricter vessel speed limits to protect right whales

Kirk Moore

The LCS Sioux City was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in November 2018, the first combat ship ever commissioned at the Naval Academy. U.S. Navy photo

First LCS to operate in the Middle East arrives in Bahrain

WorkBoat Staff

A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC, welds the initials of Oceanographer's sponsor, Linda Kwok Schatz, onto a steel plate that will be incorporated into the ship in keeping with maritime tradition. (NOAA) NOAA photo

Thoma-Sea Marine holds keel-laying ceremony for oceanographic research ship

WorkBoat Staff

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s eco-friendly dredge Carolina is working on the ship channel project. Port Houston photo

Houston port begins $1 billion ship channel expansion

WorkBoat Staff

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