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The combined businesses complement each other’s technical and engineering capabilities, which creates greater value for the customer base. Jeremiah Karpowicz photo

MSHS acquires Pacific Power Group

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The Monjeb 2 will feature two Jason fire pumps, spewing 5,000 gpm each through telescopic monitors that extend 40' above the deck. MetalCraft Marine photo

MetalCraft to deliver multimission vessel to Kuwait

Ken Hocke

Dominion turbine install June 20 2020 — The wind turbine installation vessel Vole au Vent installs the first wind turbine in U.S. federal lease waters, as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, June 20, 2020. Dominion Energy photo.

Senate bill passage buoys offshore wind developers – and oil

Kirk Moore

The vessel will feature a prominent breakwater and elevated wheelhouse with nearly 360-degree visibility. Metal Shark rendering

Metal Shark building new 115' patrol boat for Guyana

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Virginia and North Carolina hope to obtain new renewable energy from the Dominion Energy project (top) and the Kitty Hawk development. Tufts University School of Engineering image.

Dominion Energy gets nod from Virginia for its offshore wind project

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Mississippi River overnight cruise vessel passes sea trials

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Global Diving & Salvage personnel conduct operations to remove pollution threats from the ferry vessel Tourist No. 2 in Astoria, Ore., Aug. 4, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)

Removal of pollution threats from sunken Oregon ferry ends

U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard responded to an oil spill yesterday (Aug. 8, 2022) after an oil tank platform collapsed at the Hilcorp Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay, La. Initial response actions included 4,500' of containment boom, three skimming vessels, and five response vessels on scene. Hilcorp estimates less than 14,000 gals. of crude oil entered the water. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Coast Guard responds to Louisiana oil spill

U.S. Coast Guard

Tropical storm Colin formed unexpectedly off the Carolinas and swiftly dissipated July 2-3. Forecasters still expect the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season to be more active than normal. NOAA image.

Forecasters still predict above-average Atlantic hurricane season

Kirk Moore

Plans for the Ocean Wind 1 project off New Jersey could be modified for a power export cable route across Barnegat Bay to the Oyster Creek site. BOEM graphic.

BOEM extends public comment on New Jersey wind project

Kirk Moore

Brett Call (left), John Day Dam operations project manager, and Lee Kochis, power plant mechanic, look on as engineers with the Corps of Engineers Portland District, inspect the dam's upstream navigation lock gate, July 26. Photo by Chris Gaylord

Damage closes John Day Lock, slows Columbia River traffic

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