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.

Author Archive

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Money can't make Deepwater Horizon oil spill any less disastrous

Bonnet-Carre-2-702x336 — More of the Bonnet Carr

Corps opens more Bonnet Carré Spillway bays to curb rising water

High-Res-with-Seahawk_1_0 — ILast year, TOTE Services contracted with Marad as the vessel construction manager to deliver up to five new training vessels. Marad rendering

Philly Shipyard to build new class of training ship

Austal USA — Austal USA has Navy contracts to build the Independence-variant littoral combat ship (top) and the expeditionary fast transport ship (bottom) Austal USA photo

Shipyards remain open during coronavirus pandemic

Screen Shot 2020-02-27 at 1.30.47 PM — The Nick L. Skansi gets a new lease on life. Skansi Marine photo

Wine to offshore wind — my dad's legacy lives on

Information overload at the Miami boat show

When is a boat a workboat?

WB-02-06-2020-lead-jpg — Ken Hocke photo

Group fights to keep Small Shipyard Grant Program funded

WB-01-28-2020-lead-png — The towboat Cooperative Spirit. ARTCO screen shot

Mariner's family files suit in Mississippi River barge accident

Screen Shot 2020-02-03 at 9.36.02 PM — A final inspection photo of the Kentucky Point project located just across the river from New Madrid, Mo. Corps of Engineers photo

Keeping the Mississippi open for business