Coastal & Inland Waterways

Three North Atlantic right whales feeding at the water surface in Cape Cod Bay. Brigid McKenna/Center for Coastal Studies photo, under NOAA research permit #19315-01.

Congress hears arguments on vessel speed limit to protect whales

Kirk Moore

Kirby towboat and its tow on the Atchafalaya River in South Louisiana. Doug Stewart photo.

Inland operators survive another historic drought

Pamela Glass

Despite all these challenges, the inland marketplace is in a true state of equilibrium. Doug Stewart photo

Workforce development, Jones Act highlighted at IMX

Benjamin Hayden

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock photo

Great Lakes awarded $187 million in dredging contracts

WorkBoat Staff

The freighter got stranded in the Detroit River, the boundary between Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. USCG Great Lakes photo.

Interlake Steamship's new vessel runs aground in Detroit River

WorkBoat Staff

Import cargo by container is expected to fall short of 2022 levels. Maersk photo.

Import cargo totals to remain below 2022 levels, NRF report says

Crowley will launch an end-to-end, integrated ocean and rail service between Mexico and the U.S. Midwest region and into Canada. Crowley photo

Crowley, CN to launch multimodal service between the US Midwest, Mexico and Canada

WorkBoat Staff

A Delaware Bay visualization shows wind-energy lease areas (black squares); planning areas (white squares); and two vessel-traffic categories for 2021 (101-250 annual vessels, yellow, 1,500-plus vessels, red). MarineCadastre.gov graphic.

NOAA making vessel traffic data more accessible to public

WorkBoat Staff

The new 159-gt. boat primarily assists in dredging operations. Weeks Marine photo

Rodriguez Shipbuilding delivers new push tug to Weeks Marine

WorkBoat Staff

Campbell opted for smaller and lighter engines of the same horsepower. Laborde Products photo.

Amherst Madison repowers Campbell Transportation towboat

Michael Crowley

Passengers on the ferry Walla Walla, grounded in the Rich Passage while en route to Seattle, awaited evacuation April 15. Kitsap Transit photo via Twitter.

Washington State Ferries investigating recent grounding

WorkBoat Staff

The facility will operate as part of Water Recovery Inc. and as a new Moran Environmental Recovery resource center servicing the Southeast U.S. Moran photo

Moran acquires Florida environmental company

WorkBoat Staff

Now that the methanol has been safely transferred out of the once-stranded barge and into the receiver barge, air and water monitoring efforts have ended. Louisville Energy and Environment Cabinet photo

Methanol barge removed from McAlpine Dam, one barge remains

WorkBoat Staff