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MM&P: Two-watch system study reads more like opinion

Wreck of the El Faro. NTSB photo.

Search resumes for El Faro data recorder

Cocaine seized by the USCG and Navy in an April 7 bust. USCG photo.

USCG, Navy bust $32.7M cocaine shipment in Caribbean Sea

New rules call for blowout preventer overhaul

Energy XXI platform MP73 in the Gulf of Mexico. Energy XXI photo.

Energy XXI files for bankruptcy after $5 billion expansion

New well-control rules are intended to prevent disasters like Deepwater Horizon. USCG photo.

Tighter monitoring at center of $890 million offshore drill rules

An Exxon semisubmersible in the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon photo.

Exxon: New rules will sink deepwater oil drilling

The Zumwalt. Bath Iron Works photo.

Zumwalt delivery now almost three years late

CHT happens

04.13.16 Christopher-Wiernicki-ABS

ABS chairman to be honored by SUNY Maritime

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