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June 1, 2023

Illinois Waterway locks closed for repairs through Sept. 30

Pamela Glass

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From June 1-Sept. 30, 2023, the Brandon Road, Dresden Island and Marseilles locks are closed to navigation for critical repairs and maintenance. Corps of Engineers graphic

Tugdock submersible platforms. Image courtesy of Blackfish Engineering Design Ltd.

June 1, 2023

Crowley makes another investment in offshore wind

WorkBoat Staff

Stretch Duck 7 — The Stretch Duck 7, a modified WWII DUKW amphibious passenger vessel, shown on July 25, 2018, after it was recovered from Table Rock Lake near Branson, Mo., following its sinking on July 19, 2018. NTSB Photo by Brian Young

June 1, 2023

Charges against three duck boat employees dismissed

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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock photo

Great Lakes awarded $187 million in dredging contracts

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Tugdock submersible platforms. Image courtesy of Blackfish Engineering Design Ltd.

Crowley makes another investment in offshore wind

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Stretch Duck 7 — The Stretch Duck 7, a modified WWII DUKW amphibious passenger vessel, shown on July 25, 2018, after it was recovered from Table Rock Lake near Branson, Mo., following its sinking on July 19, 2018. NTSB Photo by Brian Young

Charges against three duck boat employees dismissed

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The vessel is provided with all necessary equipment to be remotely connected via the Damen triton system and is technically suitable for two man operation. Damen photo

Damen unveils new compact ASD tug

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Inmarsat launched its second I-6 satellite onboard a reusable Space X Falcon 9 rocket at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station earlier this year. Inmarsat photo

Viasat acquisition of Inmarsat finalized

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Viewpoints

From June 1-Sept. 30, 2023, the Brandon Road, Dresden Island and Marseilles locks are closed to navigation for critical repairs and maintenance. Corps of Engineers graphic

Illinois Waterway locks closed for repairs through Sept. 30

Pamela Glass

USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Coast Guard photo

Improving vessel inspections

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Crowley Maritime is spearheading the next phase of sustainable practices in the industry with the development and operation of eWolf. This innovative harbor tugboat will be powered entirely by electricity and is designed to carry out tasks without using any fuel. Crowley rendering

Maritime Innovations: Energy storage and battery logistics

Benjamin Hayden

WorkBoat file photo

Are oximeters in your onboard medical kit?

Joel Milton

gom-jack-up-rig-osv-sun-crop-boem — Sun filters down on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

Rig count down: Any impact on the offshore market?

G. Allen Brooks

Shipbuilding

The vessel is provided with all necessary equipment to be remotely connected via the Damen triton system and is technically suitable for two man operation. Damen photo

Damen unveils new compact ASD tug

WorkBoat Staff

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee was commissioned by the U.S. Navy on May 13, in Key West, Fla. U.S. Navy photo

Maine native serving aboard new U.S. Navy warship

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LRI II crashes through rough seas. MetalCraft Marine is now building the LRI III for the U.S. Coast Guard. MetalCraft Marine photo

MetalCraft Marine to build Long Range Interceptor III boats for USCG

Ken Hocke

These 92-metric ton bollard pull (85 in reverse) escort/ship assist tugs are the result of years of iterative simulation and design. Signet Maritime photo

Signet building two escort tugs for Port of Corpus Christi

Ken Hocke

The R.B. Weeks is a 364'06"x79'6"x27'3", 8,550 cu. yd. capacity trailing suction hopper dredge constructed for Weeks Marine, Cranford, N.J. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

Eastern Shipbuilding delivers new dredge to Weeks Marine

Ken Hocke

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Wind

Tugdock submersible platforms. Image courtesy of Blackfish Engineering Design Ltd.

Crowley makes another investment in offshore wind

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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.

Environmental analysis for New Jersey offshore wind project completed

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The Atlantic Shores offshore wind project would build up to 200 turbines, rated at a maximum 1,510 megawatts, off Long Beach Island, N.J. BOEM graphic.

BOEM analysis considers fish habitat, visual mitigation for New Jersey wind project

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Bubble curtains, generated using large, perforated hoses and specialized air compressors, are designed to absorb and dampen sound during foundation installation. Vineyard Wind image.

Vineyard Wind, ThayerMahan partner on ‘bubble curtain’ noise mitigation

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A dead humpback whale is removed from the beach at Manasquan, N.J., before a Feb. 14 necropsy at the Monmouth County Landfill. Michael McKenna/Marine Mammal Stranding Center photo.

Poll finds whale strandings drive down New Jersey support for offshore wind

Kirk Moore

Offshore

Tugdock submersible platforms. Image courtesy of Blackfish Engineering Design Ltd.

Crowley makes another investment in offshore wind

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Oil and gas spending increases on security concerns, Rystad says

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Caley Ocean Systems specializes in offshore lifting and handling solutions. Caley Ocean Systems photo.

Fairbanks Morse, Caley Ocean sign partnership agreement

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Troy Naquin, an inspector with the BSEE New Orleans District, observes as a capping stack is carefully lowered onto the deck of a ship to be transported more than 100 miles offshore for a drill designed to test industry’s ability to successfully deploy it in case of an emergency, in Houston, May 8, 2023. (BSEE Photo/Bobby Nash)

BSEE oversees two capping stack drills in the Gulf of Mexico

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The 10,020-hp Ocean Guardian. Stabbert Maritime photo

Wrong bearing leads to engine failure and fire on OSV, NTSB says

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