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The United States Marine Highway network now spans 27,139 miles across 35 designated routes. Shutterstock photo.

Marine Highway Program expanded by 848 miles

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Olmsted Locks and Dam. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

Okie Moore awarded salvage contract following Olmsted Locks accident

Ben Hayden

Fairbanks Morse Defense photo.

Fairbanks Morse Defense to supply engine for Navy’s DDG(X) program

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U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147), left, and USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146). Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard to receive nearly $25 billion for fleet and infrastructure upgrades

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"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

Craig Hooper

Stakeholders assert that federal funding will be essential to revitalizing the U.S. maritime industry. Shutterstock photo.

The maritime message lawmakers must hear

Richard Paine, Jr.

Coast Guard renames operational districts

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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

Craig Hooper

The 240' Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw breaks ice near Marine City, Mich., along the St. Clair River, Jan. 28, 2015. The cutter was operating as part of Operation Taconite, which is the ice breaking operation for the northern Great Lakes. Coast Guard photo.

One Big Beautiful Bill cuts Great Lakes icebreaker funding

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Ship's cosponsors and daughters of the namesake, Madeleine Denton Doak and Mary Denton Lewis christened the USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) at HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding on June 28, 2025. All images belong to HII.

Huntington Ingalls christens USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)

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Navy ships conduct surface warfare training. Naval Petty Officer 2nd Class John Bellino photo.

Navy awards over $169 million in new contracts

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While in-port, Stratton leadership met with the Japan Coast Guard commander of the 10th Regional Headquarters, chief of Kagoshima Coast Guard Office, U.S. Coast Guard photo mayor of Kagoshima City, and governor of Kagoshima Prefecture.

U.S., Japanese, Philippine coast guards conduct trilateral exercises

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The Coast Guard icebreaking cutter Healy departed Seattle June 26 for its annual Arctic deployment. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard’s icebreaker Healy underway to Arctic

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