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Union president Harold Daggett, left, with striking International Longshoremens Association members in New Jersey as they started their walkout Oct. 1. ILA photo.

Pressure mounts with second day of ports strike

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The retired liner SS United States at Pier 82 in Philadelphia in 2016. Kirk Moore photo.

SS United States may be sunk for artificial reef

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A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircraft aircrew medevacs a Merchant Marine Cadet offshore Galveston, Texas, Aug. 28. The cadet was transported to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in stable condition. Coast Guard video image.

Merchant Marine cadet medevaced 50 miles off Galveston

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The exploration vessel Nautilus is conducting studies of the Vailuluʻu Seamount in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa and other unexplored seamounts. Ocean Exploration Trust photo.

Midwater expedition with ROVs launched in American Samoa

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The Empire State VII training ship for SUNY Maritime, built at Philly Shipyard, has arrived in Portland, Maine. The SUNY cadets will continue their summer sea term here from July 9-13. Doug Stewart photo.

Empire State VII returning to US after fuel issue

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ssus_03 — The SS United States at Philadelphia. SS United States Conservancy photo.

SS United States must leave Philadelphia pier

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An endcap from the hull of the Titan submersible was recovered in 2023 after the vehicle imploded on a dive to the wreck of the Titantic 435 miles off Newfoundland. NTSB photo.

Coast Guard board’s Titan submersible investigation remains ‘complex and ongoing’

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A Coast Guard member guards a haul of 4,800 pounds of cocaine offloaded at Port Everglades, Fla., following a drug seizure off Venezuela that left three suspected smugglers missing at sea. Coast Guard photo.

Cocaine seized, three smugglers lost in US-Dutch counterdrug intercept

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The report, prepared by a bipartisan group of four lawmakers, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Senators Mark Kelly, D-Ari., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sounds an SOS that America is lagging dangerously behind China in the maritime domain. Shutterstock photo

Congress seeks solutions to rebuild U.S. maritime dominance

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New York state and city officials outlined a plan for major improvements to the Brooklyn Marine Terminal starting at $95 million. NY City Mayor's Office image.

New $95 million plan for Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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A containership navigates the Arthur Kill waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island in 2015. The channel is lined with cargo and tanker terminals. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

Ship’s engineers plead guilty to ‘magic pipe’ oil discharge in NJ

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Response crews began removing shipping containers using a floating crane barge at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge April 7, 2024. Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command photo.

Analysts see little impact on freight rates from Baltimore port closing

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The CMA CGM Marco Polo transits the Kill Van Kull under the Bayonne Bridge inbound to Port Elizabeth, N.J., in 2021. The CMA CGM vessel APL Qingdao lost propulsion outbound in the channel April 6 and had to be escorted to anchorage. Port Authority photo.

Container ship lost propulsion outbound in New York

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