Government

2023 International Workboat Show. Doug Stewart photos.

Looking to do business with Military Sealift Command?

Ken Hocke

Signet Maritime photo

Signet tugs named ‘Boat of the Year’ by WorkBoat

Ken Hocke

Navy Secretary Del Toro called for a new maritime statecraft to prevail in an era of intense strategic competition. Doug Stewart photo

Navy head kicks off inaugural meeting of Government Shipbuilders Council

WorkBoat Staff

Deepwater-Platform-GOM-Exxon — An ExxonMobil Gulf of Mexico deepwater platform. ExxonMobil photo

Gulf oil and gas lease sale rescheduled again

WorkBoat Staff

Earlier this month, WorkBoat toured the Platypus Marine shipyard in Port Angeles, Wash. Doug Stewart photo.

WorkBoat tours Washington's Platypus Marine shipyard

Benjamin Hayden

This is the 181st vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 55th fast response cutter delivered under the current program. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Bollinger delivers 55th fast response cutter to Coast Guard

WorkBoat Staff

The installation vessel Orion began setting the first of 62 turbine towers for the Vineyard Wind energy project off southern Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind image.

Congress looks to boost job training for offshore wind industry

Pamela Glass

Grain barges. USDA photo

Marad awards $57 million for grain-related port improvements

WorkBoat Staff

A map of the world plotted with some of the most significant climate events that occurred during October 2023. NOAA graphic

The planet just had its warmest October on record, NOAA says

WorkBoat Staff

NOAA graphic

Fifth National Climate Assessment released

WorkBoat Staff

U.S. Coast Guard Academy photo

Coast Guard releases four sexual assault and sexual harassment policy documents

WorkBoat Staff

The future 263'x59' USNS Billy Frank, Jr., the Navy’s 11th towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS 11), but first being built at Austal USA. Austal USA rendering

Austal USA holds T-ATS keel ceremony

WorkBoat Staff

The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on an oil tanker last year while docked in Baton Rouge, La. NTSB photo

NTSB highlights potential fire risks of lithium-ion batteries

WorkBoat Staff