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The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on an oil tanker last year while docked in Baton Rouge, La. NTSB photo

NTSB highlights potential fire risks of lithium-ion batteries

Washington ports in 2022 handled the import and export of 15.6 billion tons of containerized cargo and 55.5 billion tons of non-containerized cargo such as automobiles, timber and grain worth $36.5 billion. Port of Seattle photo.

Washington State maritime industries near $46 billion in annual revenue

NOAA says there were record-low water levels along parts of the Mississippi River for the second year in a row. SmartPort photo

Mississippi River hits record low-levels in October, NOAA says

The National Retail Federation is forecasting record holiday sales and growth between 3% and 4% over last year. Port of Long Beach photo

Import cargo numbers support record holiday retail sales, report shows

53' pilot boat for Bermuda's Department of Marine and Port Services. Gladding-Hearn photo

Gladding-Hearn delivers 53-foot pilot boat to Bermuda

Huntington Ingalls Industries photo

Newport News Shipbuilding opens new site in Virginia

Seaspan's North Vancouver drydock expansion will increase Seaspan's capacity for ship repair projects by about 30% and add about 100 new jobs at the facility. Seaspan photo.

Seaspan expands ship repair operations for Pacific Northwest

The 10-meter (33-foot) Voyager, Saildrone’s mid-size platform in its rapidly expanding fleet, carries an impressive payload for defense, homeland security, and coastal ocean mapping applications. Saildrone photo.

ABS presents first ‘autonomous asset’ class certificate to Saildrone

thumbnail_VCFD Conception 2 — Thirty-four passengers and crew died in the dive boat Conception fire. Ventura County Fire Department

Captain of California dive boat that caught fire and killed 34 guilty of felony

Tidewater photo

Tidewater's revenue and day rates rise again