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Storm Shield provides severe weather alerts for your exact location. Storm Shield photo.

Stay alert for dangerous spring weather

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A GPS user. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Infrastructure woes — Part II

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A freighter passes through the Soo Locks. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

Infrastructure woes — Part I

Transocean's Deepwater Asgard drillship has a maximum drilling depth of 40,000 feet. Transocean photo
Transocean's Deepwater Asgard drillship has a maximum drilling depth of 40,000 feet. Transocean photo

Wrong place, wrong time — Part II

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The wreck of the El Faro. NTSB photo.

Wrong place, wrong time — Part I

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A tug underway at night. Creative Commons photo by Guian Bolisay.

Flying blind — Part II

The tug Franklin Reinauer carried rescue workers to Lower Manhattan. Tugs from Moran, McAllister, K-Sea and others also helped in the transport of workers and survivors. US Coast Guard / PA2 Tom Sperduto photo.

9/11, 20 years later: Calling All Boats

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A tug underway at night. Creative Commons photo by Guian Bolisay.

Flying blind

The Sleep Shift light bulb by Hárth. Hárth image

Get some sleep

Southern Towing's 3,800-hp, 120-foot towboat Scott Stegbauer. Southern Towing photo

Sleep and the back watch

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The United States has hundreds of small shipyards operating along its coasts, rivers, and inland waterways, collectively employing tens of thousands of workers and handling the majority of the nation's commercial vessel repairs, fishing fleet maintenance, and small-craft construction. Shutterstock photo.
June 13, 2026

More funding needed amid strong demand for Small Shipyard Grants

View from the starboard bow of the STAX 1 showing the damaged emission capture boom lying on top of the control room and across the deck. Coast Guard photo.
June 12, 2026

NTSB: Crane operator had inadequate clearance, struck STAX 1 emissions barge

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June 12, 2026

Veth Propulsion unveils new contra-rotating propulsion system

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