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The Navy's uncrewed surface vessel Ranger transits the Pacific Ocean during an exercise in September 2023. U.S. Navy photo.

It’s time to prepare for autonomy

"The maritime prosperity zone concept is a great idea that risks being run aground by sloppy execution." Shutterstock.AI image

Maritime prosperity zones adrift in red tape

The SHIPS Act, while still in draft form, has been unusually influential in pushing America’s long-ignored maritime sector to the political forefront. Shutterstock photo.

Cheer the SHIPS Act

File photo: A littoral combat ship under construction at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Ala. U.S. Navy photo by Shannon Eve Renfroe.

Steel, subsidies, and second thoughts in US shipbuilding

America has far too few naval architects and marine engineers to fully exploit the opportunities ahead. Shutterstock photo.

The US needs more naval architects

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) transits near the Singapore Straits, Feb. 29, 2024. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Steve Strohmaier.

Coast Guard needs a service secretary

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Trump’s maritime moment: Big promises, bigger risks

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October 27, 2026

Electric pump-out boat cleans up Port of Friday Harbor

A MetalCraft Force Protection-Small (FP-S) awaits delivery to the Navy at the company’s new Watertown, N.Y., facility. Two FP-L and multiple boom deployment boats also destined for the Navy are under the same roof, as is a Long Range Interceptor for the Coast Guard. Ben Hayden photo.
October 27, 2026

MetalCraft Marine scales to meet Navy, Coast Guard demand

The barge MPC 1056 adrift in the Ohio River near Evansville, Ind., contacting the Nu Plaza Yacht Club dock on March 19, 2025. NTSB photo sourced from social media.
October 26, 2026

NTSB releases report on 2025 Ohio River barge breakaway

The SS United States under tow off Cape Hatteras, N.C., a few days after it departed Philadelphia Feb. 19, 2025. Mike Vinik/Vinik Marine photo.
October 26, 2026

SS United States scheduled for November reef sinking

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