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The tugs, to be built at Albwardy Damen Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, have an estimated delivery in the first quarter of 2023. Damen photo

Damen Shipyards to build two new tugs for Tidewater

First hybrid electric water taxi passenger ferry in Puget Sound. All American Marine photo

DOT announces more than $45 million in passenger ferry grants

Tideman Boats US workboat hulls are manufactured in the USA in a thermoplastic welding fabrication facility that has been designing, manufacturing, and providing high-impact solutions for many industries, including fire, marine, and aquaculture, since 1986. Tideman Boats photo

Tideman Boats opens U.S. location in Massachusetts

In 2014 Ingalls Shipbuilding kicked off its “Shipyard of the Future” initiative. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo

Huntington Ingalls hits number 11 on the Forbes' large employers hit list

Barge-tow-MissRiver-July-2016-DKrapf — A barge tow on the Mississippi River in St. Louis. David Krapf photo

Winter weather hampers barge traffic

Plimsoll Marine, a Cooper Group company, is a Lower Mississippi River towboat operator with a fleet of vessels that perform fleeting and barge services from Baton Rouge to the Head of Passes. Plimsoll Marine/ Cooper Group/Cooper/T.Smith photo

Master Marine delivers 67-foot pushboat to Plimsoll Marine

A dive boat attached to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Dive Locker sits on the blocks of MARMC’s floating drydock Dynamic (AFDL 6) for repairs. It was the first time that Dynamic, the Navy’s oldest floating drydock, docked a round-bottom vessel. (U.S. Navy Photo by Hendrick L. Dickson/Released)

Lyon Shipyard awarded $16 million Navy contract

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U.S.-flag shipping on the Great Lakes up 16.8% in 2021

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. (NOAA)

January was Earth’s sixth warmest on record, report says

Merchant Mariner Credential — A sample Merchant Mariner Credential. Coast Guard image.

Coast Guard: Problems when matching data from the Homeport application