Maritime Industry

AWO releases video thanking commercial mariners for their role during Covid-19

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towboat The Colonel — The Southern Towing towboat The Colonel downbound at Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., with two empty barges Nov. 30, 2020, marking the unofficial end to the navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River. Photo by George Stringham

Upper Mississippi River 2020 navigation season comes to an end

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Santa Barbara boat fire SB Sheriff — Thirty-four passengers and crew died in the dive vessel Conception fire. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

New safety recommendations emerge from dive boat fire

Tim Akpinar

Stretch Duck 7 — The Stretch Duck 7, a modified WWII DUKW amphibious passenger vessel, shown on July 25, 2018, after it was recovered from Table Rock Lake near Branson, Mo., following its sinking on July 19, 2018. NTSB Photo by Brian Young

Judge dismisses charges in Missouri duck boat accident

Dale K. DuPont

Right whale speed zones Dec 2020 — NMFS called for voluntary 10-knot vessel speed limits to protect endangered northern right whales in the New York Bight during December 2020. NOAA graphic.

NMFS extends East Coast vessel speed limits to protect right whales

Kirk Moore

Lake of the Ozarks boats — Recreational boats rafted up on the Lake of the Ozarks. One of the busiest boating areas in the Midwest, the Lake of the Ozarks has been a target in the Coast Guard's ongoing crackdown on illegal charter operations. Corps of Engineers photo.

Coast Guard releases National Recreational Boating Safety Survey results

U.S. Coast Guard

Hilcorp Liberty rendering — Hilcorp's proposed Liberty project would build an artificial island as base for the first offshore drilling in Federal Arctic waters. BOEM rendering.

Federal appeals court rejects approval for Arctic offshore drilling

Kirk Moore

Golding_pic24 — Golding Barge Line photo

As essential workers, mariners could get priority for Covid vaccine

Pamela Glass

coronavirus_CDC — CDC illustration

FMC commissioners urge Marad and CDC to prioritize Covid vaccines for mariners

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Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star begins Arctic voyage — With Mt. Baker in the background, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) transits Puget Sound north of Seattle on Dec. 4, 2020. The Polar Star normally departs for Antarctica, but this year the pandemic has cancelled their mission to assist with res

U.S. heavy icebreaker Polar Star departs for Arctic deployment

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VT Halter icebreaker — A rendering of the planned Coast Guard polar security cutter. VT Halter/Technology Associates Inc. rendering

Vestdavit awarded Coast Guard icebreaker contract to supply marine davits

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