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The MV Erin T deploys a 500' section of 32" water-cooled fire-retardant boom approximately three miles off the coast of Point Bolivar, Texas, on May 18, during an exercise to evaluate the capability of Lobo Operating Inc. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement routinely assesses an organization's Oil Spill Response Plan to ensure owners and operators of offshore oil facilities are trained and equipped to respond to oil spills. BSEE photo

BSEE evaluates Gulf fire boom deployment exercise

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The Coast Guard cutter Denman will travel to Alaska where it will be commissioned on Sept. 28 in its new homeport of Ketchikan. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Coast Guard takes delivery of 49th fast response cutter

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SCA President Matt Paxton and Bollinger Shipyards president and CEO Ben Bordelon. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Shipbuilders Council announces 2022 Shipyard Safety Awards

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The APL containership President Eisenhower operating near San Francisco in 2019. Source: San Francisco Bar Pilots, MarineTraffic.com

NTSB determines cause of 2021 containership fire

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A barge carrying junked household appliances and scrap metal burned on May 23, 2022, about nine miles from Port Mahon, Del. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control photo.

Firefighters, Coast Guard extinguish intense barge fire in Delaware Bay

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Biden in 2021, will provide $17 billion for ports and waterways infrastructure. Doug Stewart photo

Industry members should show solid support for the inland waterways, speakers say

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A Coast Guard 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew rescued three people after their 24-foot vessel was taking on water near Egmont Key in Tampa Bay, May 21, 2022. The three people were taken off a buoy with no medical concerns. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard rescues three in Tampa Bay

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Gladding-Hearn is building its first offshore wind CTV to support the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding rendering.

Gladding-Hearn begins construction on CTV for Patriot Offshore

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MMC — A sample Merchant Mariner Credential. Coast Guard image.

National Maritime Center sees big jump in MMC applications

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On May 23, Austal USA launched the 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Augusta (LCS 34), in Mobile, Ala. Austal USA photo

Austal launches 17th LCS

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2021 Pacific Marine Expo. Photo by Doug Stewart

Pacific Marine Expo 2022 dates announced

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