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A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

NOAA groundbreaking for Rhode Island marine operations center

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NOAA now pushing out daily chart updates

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The Joanne Marie listing at the shipyard on the morning of June 25, 2023. Coast Guard photo.

NTSB: Obstructed valve led to towing vessel flooding, partial sinking

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Salvors prepare to move a large piece of supporting steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore April 22, 2024, in the effort to reopen the Fort McHenry channel. Army Corps of Engineers photo/MST1 Claudio Giugliano.

Bridge section removed for next Baltimore access channel

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The Coast Guard cutter Stratton was deployed to the Bering Sea from January to April 2024. Coast Guard photo.

Cutter Stratton returns from 111-day Bering Sea deployment

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The ship's company boards at the commissioning of the Coast Guard cutter Calhoun at North Cahrleston, S.C. April 20, 2024. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard commissions 10th Legend class cutter

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HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the Richard M. McCool Jr. to the U.S. Navy April 11, 2024. HII Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.

HII Ingalls delivers 13th Navy amphibious transport dock

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The future USS Constellation will be a 496'x64.6' frigate, the first of 10 vessels in the class to be built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Fincantieri image.

Keel laid at Fincantieri for first Constellation frigate

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Three men stranded on remote Pikelot Atoll in the mid-Pacific used palm leaves to spell out a distress message that could be spotted by Navy and Coast Guard aviators. Coast Guard image.

U.S. Coast Guard, Navy rescue three from remote Pacific atoll

The LCU 1700 class can carry various payloads such as two M1A1 tanks, 350 combat troops, or 400 persons, or 170 short tons of cargo. Austal USA rendering.

Austal USA starts construction on LCU 1710

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President Biden and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, right, after Biden toured the Key Bridge wreckage April 5 in Baltimore. C-Span video image.

Biden calls on Congress to commit to Baltimore port spending

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Mariners working on sea-going vessels like container ships have much longer schedules at sea. Maersk Line

Marad symposium will focus on work-life balance in maritime industry

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Everett Ship Repair, a subsidiary of Ice Cap Holding and a sister company to Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, has an approximately 100-employee workforce and plans to expand. Everett Ship Repair photo.

Everett Ship Repair expands capabilities, earns key military certification

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