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Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for engineering and design from the U.S. Navy for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) program. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo

Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded design engineering contract for guided missile destroyer

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BOEM is proposing new wind energy areas totaling 1,148 square miles off Lake Charles, La., and Galveston, Texas. Some potential lease blocks are being excluded for shrimp fishing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM seeks public comment on two draft wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (Marad) announced today that it is accepting applications for Centers of Excellence (CoE) designations. Doug Stewart photo

DOT focuses on future maritime workforce

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WETA awarded $14.9 million to develop electric ferry network in San Francisco

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rsz_grain_elevator_2 — Cargill's export grain elevator on the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Ken Hocke photo

Second-quarter grain inspections decline

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Gulf of Mexico renewable energy task force meeting to be held

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The New York Bight is prime territory for offshore wind energy development, and its waters traveled by endangered North Atlantic right whales. Tetra Tech image.

BOEM to review six wind lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey

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Illustration of the collapsed well jacket and damaged pipes from Taylor Energy’s Mississippi Canyon 20 Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA

One million gallons of oil contained at longest U.S. spill

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The Staten Island ferry John F. Kennedy in an undated photo. wikipedia/commons photo.

DOT to make $300 million available to boost ferry service

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BSEE engineer Max Carrier verifies that the headache ball hook safety pin latch was intact in adequate condition during a performance-based safety inspection on an offshore platform drilling rig. BSEE photo

BSEE director discusses missions and priorities

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The Department of Transportation will hold a virtual job fair on July 14. DOT image

DOT to hold virtual job fair

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A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. (NOAA images)

Infrastructure law allocates nearly $3 billion to NOAA

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Sun filters down on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. BOEM photo.

Proposed program for OCS leasing includes 10 potential Gulf sales

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