Maritime Industry

Polar Star Icebreaker USCG — The Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star sits on the ice in the Ross Sea near Antarctica while underway in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015. Both Polar Star and sistership Polar Sea were fitted with lignum vitae wood bearings. USCG photo.

Wood bearings for workboats?

Michael Crowley

Port-of-Kansas-City — A barge at the Port of Kansas City. Port KC photo.

Missouri River traffic poised for comeback

Ken Hocke

100520-G-1337B-512-Development Driller II — Service vessels alongside Transocean's Development Driller II in the Gulf of Mexico, May 2010. USCG photo.

Accounting changes coming to vessel leases

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Volvo Penta D8 IPS 800 Penta 81 — The Penta 81 test boat has twin D8 IPS 800 engines. Photo: Marie Ullnert/Bilduppdraget for Volvo Penta

Engines and ferries in Sweden

David Krapf

Lenders criticize Paragon Offshore bankruptcy plan

WorkBoat Staff

1100-underway-Brunswick — Brunswick 1100 Impact at MACC. Photo courtesy of BCGP

Brunswick 1100 Impact featured at MACC

Kirk Moore

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response — Seacor Holdings' Seacor Lee OSV. USCG photo.

Misunderstood vessel boarding agreements can cost you

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Chub-GOM-rigs-to-reefs-Schmahl-FGBNMS-via-NOAA — A large group of chub school in the support structure beneath a production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Schmahl/FGBNMS via NOAA.

Ocean noise strategy could have maritime implications

Pamela Glass

U.S. Army officers graduate among hundreds of Kings Pointers — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., has told its midshipmen not to return to campus after spring break. U.S. Army photo.

Merchant Marine Academy suspends Sea Year over harassment issue

Kirk Moore

Towboat-Ingram-Miss-River — A towboat on the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa. Subchapter M has established towing vessel safety regulations for the first time. Creative Commons photo by D. Michael Burns.

Towing vessel inspection final rule published at last

Kirk Moore

Conrad-Shipyard-Morgan-City-aerial-Conrad-YouTube — An aerial view of Conrad's Morgan City, La., facility. Screenshot via YouTube.

Conrad to build tugs for Harley

Ken Hocke