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WATCH: Russian jets buzz US Navy Ship

Ballast water treatment: A method to the madness

BP's Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Creative Commons photo/Andyminicooper.

Borrowing costs are down, and Big Oil is on a debt binge

The littoral combat ship Fort Worth. U.S. Navy photo.

GAO knocks Navy plans for tougher littoral combat ship

The WindFloat prototype platform off Portugal. Principle Power photo.

The new California gold rush is in offshore wind

Some production resumes as response to Shell GOM spill continues

A Waterfront Navigator map shows examples of waterfront construction. NYEDC image.

New online tool to help NY waterfront operators get permits

Shell's Brutus platform. NOAA photo.

Shell, Coast Guard say Gulf spill secured after 88,200 gallons

Vane Brothers DS-601. Vane Brothers photo.

New 4,200-hp tug, double-skin barge join Vane Brothers fleet

Olmstead Locks and Dam. USACE photo.
Formula that helped fund completion of Olmsted Lock and Dam should stay in place, inland officials tell Congress. Corps of Engineers photo

Budget boost for inland waterways projects

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The first of four Saltchuk Marine escort tugs has been launched by Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo
December 17, 2025

Eastern Shipbuilding Group launches first of four Saltchuk escort tugs

Bollinger Shipyards, with partners Rauma Marine Constructions and Aker Arctic Technology Inc. of Finland, and Seaspan Shipyards in Canada, will design and build six Arctic Security Cutters — two in Finland and four in the United States. Bollinger Shipyards image.
December 17, 2025

Bollinger taps retired Coast Guard officers to lead Arctic Security Cutter program

SSI CEO Denis Morais and Austal USA President Michelle Kruger sign the agreement. SSI photo.
December 16, 2025

Austal USA to expand use of SSI ShipbuildingPLM

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center mounted an autonomous propulsion kit to a WWII barge provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District to demonstrate its self-driving capabilities, Aug. 28, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Jared Eastman.
December 16, 2025

Defense Department develops autonomous propulsion for barges

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