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Grain-barges-NOLA-USDA-702x336 — USDA photo/Anson Eaglin

First quarter corn and soybean transport costs fall

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Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s eco-friendly dredge Carolina is working on the ship channel project. Port Houston photo

Houston port begins $1 billion ship channel expansion

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Morrow County Grain Growers Inc. photo

Oregon rail-to-barge grain facility awarded $2 million grant

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Richard M. McCool Jr. is co-sponsored by Shana McCool and Kate Oja, granddaughters of the ship’s namesake. Together, the two sponsors officially christened Richard M. McCool Jr. by smashing a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow of the ship. Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding

Ingalls christens 13th landing platform dock ship

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Pain at the pump as diesel costs skyrocket. Stock Photo.

Fuel prices set new record high

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'Blue economy' contributed $361 billion to GDP in 2020, Department of Commerce says

The Coast Guard’s Atlantic Strike Team assisted BSEE in completing the refurbishment of BSEE's National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility in Leonardo, N.J., known as Ohmsett, by refilling the 667-foot wave tank, the largest of its kind in North America, with seawater from the nearby Sandy Hook Bay — a three-day operation that ended on March 24, 2022. BSEE screen shot

Oil spill testing facility receives major facelift

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La Dolce Vita on fire shortly after passengers and crew abandoned the vessel (left) and the yacht afire shortly after sunset on March 16, 2021 (right). La Dolce Vita captain’s photo

Electrical fire destroys yacht, NTSB says

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The Premiere Explorer of Venice, La., stands by near a controlled burn of spilled oil from in the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico June 9. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class John Masson.

BSEE conducts unannounced oil spill response inspections in Gulf

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There were 475 grain barges unloaded in the New Orleans region, 39% fewer than last week. Ken Hocke photo

Barged grain movements rise for the week, USDA says

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USS Oregon is able to dive to depths greater than 800' and operate at speeds in excess of 25 knots. U.S. Navy photo

Navy commissions fast attack submarine

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Kleos will provide its radio frequency (RF) geolocation data in realistic test scenarios to improve maritime domain awareness for real-world challenges, including sanctions reporting, embargo, trans-shipment monitoring, search and rescue, resource management, fisheries control, smuggling, and border control. Kleos Space website photo

Navy signs agreement with Kleos Space

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The MV Erin T deploys a 500' section of 32" water-cooled fire-retardant boom approximately three miles off the coast of Point Bolivar, Texas, on May 18, during an exercise to evaluate the capability of Lobo Operating Inc. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement routinely assesses an organization's Oil Spill Response Plan to ensure owners and operators of offshore oil facilities are trained and equipped to respond to oil spills. BSEE photo

BSEE evaluates Gulf fire boom deployment exercise

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