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FMD will provide global maintenance and repair services and OEM parts to improve engine performance and increase operational availability. Fairbanks Morse Defense photo

Navy awards service contract to Fairbanks Morse Defense

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The MV Tustumena is designed to carry 160 passengers and has a vehicle capacity of 680 linear feet, which is equal to approximately 34 twenty-foot vehicles. Alaska Marine Highway System photo

$384 million in grants available to modernize ferry services

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The engineering department oversaw major overhauls on the cutter’s controllable pitch propeller system, speed reducers, rudders, and boilers, along with inspections of fuel, sewage, and water tanks. U.S. Coast Guard photo

U.S. Coast Guard cutter returns to Alaska following repairs

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One set of new rules targets the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., in response to an allegation by a female cadet who said she was sexually assaulted by her supervisor during her Sea Year training in 2019. USMMA photo

Cracking down on sexual harassment and assault

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In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands. The Coast Guard continues to coordinate with Department of Defense partners, providing updates to foreign vessel movements and activities and to appropriately meet presence with presence to encourage international maritime norms. U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific image from video

Coast Guard tracking Russian vessel off Hawaiian coast

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Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescues a boater from a capsized vessel near Slidell, La., Sept. 18, 2022. The boaters and their dog were safely rescued and transported to a nearby marina. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

NOAA satellites helped save 397 lives in 2022

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(Faces are purposely out of focus.) U.S. Coast Guard video

USCG rescues Haitians stranded by smugglers

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Interior finalizes offshore wind safety and environmental duties

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Four NSMVs are being built at Philly Shipyard. Philly Shipyard photo

Philly Shipyard cuts steel for fourth national training ship

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A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod crew successfully conducted a medevac of an 82-year-old male aboard the cruise ship Queen Mary II approximately 85 nautical miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass., in early January. The air crew safely brought the man back to Hanscom Air Force Base where EMS was waiting to transport the man to Massachusetts General Hospital. U.S. Coast Guard video Courtesy of Air Station Cape Cod

Coast Guard rescues octogenarian from cruise ship

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Marad can award grants for capital projects and workforce training to qualified small shipyards. Ken Hocke photo

$20 million in funding available for small shipyards

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BOEM Jackup Sun — Sun filters down on a jackup rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo

BOEM seeks comment on revisions to oil and gas lease sale bid procedures

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Professional mariners deploy equipment used to measure the seawater’s salinity, temperature and depth from NOAA ship Reuben Lasker. (NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations/Maideline Sanchez)

Hiring events in Mississippi for NOAA research ship jobs