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The 2025 International WorkBoat Show is scheduled for December 3-5, 2025, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The Henry J. Kaiser fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) sails ahead of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) prior to a replenishment-at-sea, March 22, 2022. U.S. Navy photo/MSC1 John Bellino.

Fleet oiler headed to Alabama Shipyard for $11.3 million contract

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A Coast Guard member guards a haul of 4,800 pounds of cocaine offloaded at Port Everglades, Fla., following a drug seizure off Venezuela that left three suspected smugglers missing at sea. Coast Guard photo.

Cocaine seized, three smugglers lost in US-Dutch counterdrug intercept

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Vigor has started low initial rate production on the Maneuver Support Vessel Light, the Army's next-generation 117'x28' landing craft. Vigor photo.

Vigor begins production of new-generation Army landing craft

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U.S. Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard Academy commencement 2024

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Metal Shark annøunced the Navy has awarded a new seven-year contract for up to 73 patrol boats worth $290 million. Metal Shark photo.

Metal Shark, ReconCraft land Navy 40' patrol boat contracts

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Gulf of Maine proposed lease sale public auction seminar

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NTSB photo

Flawed propeller blade leads to loss of propulsion on container ship

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Changing of the guard at Port NOLA. Port NOLA photo

Wendel named acting president at Port NOLA

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Since the initiative's launch in September 2022, the Biden-Harris administration has dedicated over $950 million in planning, leasing actions, research, development, demonstration, deployment. Shutterstock photo

Nearly $1 billion dedicated to floating offshore wind

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The new contract is worth over $1 billion to build the fifth and sixth 496'x64.6' Constellation-class frigates for the U.S. Navy. Fincantieri Marinette Marine photo

Marinette Marine to build two additional frigates

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The Corps of Engineers work plan announced last week sets the agency’s priorities for spending this budget across numerous projects and studies in 50 states and territories and the District of Columbia for the upcoming year. Shutterstock photo

Army Corps of Engineers sets priorities for inland waterways projects

Pamela Glass

The report, prepared by a bipartisan group of four lawmakers, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Senators Mark Kelly, D-Ari., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sounds an SOS that America is lagging dangerously behind China in the maritime domain. Shutterstock photo

Congress seeks solutions to rebuild U.S. maritime dominance

Pamela Glass

Ship sponsor Larissa Thune Hargens executed the ceremonial bottle break over the bow of Pierre witnessed by an audience of over 400 guests. Austal USA photo

Austal USA christens LCS 38 for Navy

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