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Tim Akpinar

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Tim Akpinar, based in Little Neck, N.Y., is a maritime attorney and former marine engineer. He can be reached at [email protected] or 718-224-9824.

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The 78'×34'×11' Kieffer E. Bailey, designed by Frank Basile of Entech & Associates and built by Master Marine in 2014, is shown before the 2021 allision. Marquette Transportation photo.
July 29, 2026

Marquette to pay Little Rock $4.3 million for barge allision

The USS Sampson sits inside a containment boom at Vigor Shipyards on Harbor Island in Seattle following a diesel spill during defueling operations. Washington Dept. of Ecology photo.
July 29, 2026

Navy destroyer spills 5,000 gallons of diesel into Elliott Bay

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District plans to dredge Lake Superior harbors (pictured in order) Cornucopia, Wisconsin, Ontonagon, Michigan and Port Wing, Wisconsin this summer through fall. Army Corps image.
July 29, 2026

Corps plans dredging at three Lake Superior harbors

The Richard L. Brooks, built by SAFE Boats International, was funded through a U.S. Department of Homeland Security port security grant. Town of Babylon photo.
July 29, 2026

Long Island patrol boat enters service

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