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Benito LaFauci, chief officer of the ship Grande Costa d’Avorio, testifies to a Coast Guard investigation board about the July 5, 2023 fire on the ship that killed two city firefighters in Newark, N.J. Coast Guard video image.

Emotional testimony as ship’s chief recalls firefighter deaths

Kirk Moore

An injured North Atlantic right whale calf in early January 2024, seen with injuries on the head, mouth, and left lip consistent with vessel strike. Forever Hooked Charters of South Carolina photo/via NOAA.

NOAA: Right whale calf off South Carolina injured in vessel strike

Kirk Moore

An aerial drone view of the ship Grande Costa D’Avorio as fire fighting continued at Port Newark, N.J., July 8, 2023. Coast Guard video image.

Coast Guard opens hearing on New Jersey ship fire

Kirk Moore

All sectors of the workboat industry has felt the pinch of personnel problems. Ken Hocke photo

Top 10 2023 News Story: Labor: A growing problem

Pamela Glass

Sara Fuentes, Jennifer Carpenter, Jim Weakley. American Maritime Partnership images

AWO's Carpenter elected American Maritime Partnership president

WorkBoat Staff

Staten Island Ferry rescue of almost 900 passengers. NY Waterway/ Baris Barlis

Top 10 2023 News Story: Staten Island Ferry fire: Training was key

Kirk Moore

The towboat Kristy Dutsch was delivered in December. The sixth vessel will be delivered later this year. Steiner Shipyard photo

Steiner Shipyard delivers 76' towboat to Florida Marine

Ken Hocke

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock was awarded $173.7 million in contracts recently. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock photo

Great Lakes Dredge awarded $174 million in contracts

WorkBoat Staff

The total represents an increase of approximately 422,000 tonnes of cargo over the amount transported during the same period last year. Chamber of Marine Commerce photo

Cargo traffic on U.S. Great Lakes up by 422,000 tonnes over last year

WorkBoat Staff

2023 International Workboat Show staff photo.

Maritime Throwdown a big hit at the WorkBoat Show

Carli Stewart

An estimated 588 bbls. of oil leaked from the pipeline, resulting in approximately $160 million in damages, including clean-up costs. NTSB photo

NTSB recommendations following 2021 oil leak off California coast

WorkBoat Staff

An orca surfaces as a Seattle ferry passes through Elliott Bay off Seattle. Washington State’s Quiet Sound program is working to cut noise pollution, including that of large ships, in orca habitats like the Salish Sea. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Cen

Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown

WorkBoat Staff

The Saildrone Surveyor design completed a 2,250-mile maiden voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii in 2021. Saildrone photo.

Saildrone ABS certification for a new kind of workboat

Kirk Moore