Ken Hocke | WorkBoat

Ken Hocke

Senior Editor

Ken Hocke has been the senior editor of WorkBoat since 1999. He was the associate editor of WorkBoat from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, he was the editor of the Daily Shipping Guide, a transportation daily in New Orleans. He has written for other publications including The Times-Picayune. He graduated from Louisiana State University with an arts and sciences degree, with a concentration in English, in 1978.

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Red and White Fleet — Red and White Fleet's Enhydra was selected as WorkBoat's Boat of the Year in December 2018. All American Marine photo

Significant Boats of 2019: How to qualify

Polar-Security-Cutter-rendering-VT-Halter-2-702x336-1-e1560877903588 — The Polar Security Cutter program (PSC) is planned to replace the Coast Guard's existing fleet of icebreakers. VT Halter Marine/Designer: Technology Associates Inc. rendering

Seattle will be home to USCG's polar security cutters

WorkBoat’s 2019 Diesel Directory is here

Shepler's — Passenger vessel companies have been harder hit in 2020 than any other sector of the workboat industry. Shepler's photo

Moran Iron Works building new ferry for Michigan

Sentry5 — The new boat is the first unit delivered under this contract. The second vessel, currently in

Armstrong Marine delivers fishery management vessel

DSC_0620_edited-1_edited — The lifting equipment, excluding the CTD winch, is powered by a redundant electro hydraulic HPU. JMS

Research vessel takes up residency in Virginia

Eastern delivers third of four escort tugs to McAllister

North Sea boat 'driving' courtesy of Volvo Penta

Morganza-FEMA-640x336 — Extreme flood conditions along the inland waterways system has forced the Corps to open the Morganza Spillway for only the third time since 1954. FEMA photo

Flooding forces Corps to open Louisiana's Morganza Spillway

Eastern Shipbuilding delivers 3,000-hp towboat to Florida Marine