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Vigor began work that is expected to continue into early January 2022. Ashleigh Whitney, U.S. Navy

Vigor begins work on $85 million Navy contract

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New Orleans Evergreen Arkadia — Port of New Orleans photo

NOAA launches two coastal models for mariner safety on West Coast, Gulf of Mexico

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USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Coast Guard photo

Comment period extended for passenger vessel safety management systems

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Engine room fire aboard the towboat City of Cleveland. Coast Guard photo

Complacency, lack of procedural compliance key issues in marine accidents, NTSB says

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barge-tows-transit-co-river-locks-matagorda-tx_usace — Biden's plan calls on Congress to invest an additional $17 billion in inland waterways, coastal ports, land ports of entry and ferries. Army Corps of Engineers photo

Biden's infrastructure plan includes money for waterways, ports, ferries

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PHOTO - Port of Los Angeles - 042117 - NOAA - 1960x935 - LANDSCAPE — The Port of Los Angeles. NOAA photo

Marad to provide $230 million in funding for port infrastructure

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This screen capture from wheelhouse video on board the towing vessel Voyager shows the moment when the LPG tanker Genesis River struck Kirby's barge 30015T, March 10, 2019. Source: Kirby Inland Marine

Vessel speed a factor in 2019 Houston Ship Channel collision, NTSB says

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U.S. Coast Guard photo

Bill introduced to elevate Coast Guard commandant to Joint Chiefs

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Coast Guard issues bulletin on Covid-19 crew change issues

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El-Faro-Wreck-NTSB — The wreck of the El Faro. NTSB photo.

Turrell named director of NTSB Office of Marine Safety

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The designs for the WLR (river buoy tender), top, WLIC (river construction tender), middle, and WLI (inland buoy tender), bottom. Coast Guard rendering

Coast Guard looks to 2030 for replacement of its aging buoy tenders

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The Navy’s only operational cable ship, USNS Zeus, is at the end of its long service life. Fincantieri Marine Group photo

Fincantieri Marine Group partners with BMT on Navy project

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Chart 18665 of Lake Tahoe is the first traditional paper chart to be fully supplanted by an electronic navigational chart as part of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey Raster Sunset Plan. NOAA image

NOAA begins transition to electronic navigation charts

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