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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is building the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act-compliant, inclined fallpipe vessel for subsea rock installation. The 461'x112' vessel will service the U.S. offshore wind energy industry. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock rendering

Great Lakes Dredge awarded third wind rock installation contract

WorkBoat Staff

An estimated 588 bbls. of oil leaked from the pipeline, resulting in approximately $160 million in damages, including clean-up costs. NTSB photo

NTSB recommendations following 2021 oil leak off California coast

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An orca surfaces as a Seattle ferry passes through Elliott Bay off Seattle. Washington State’s Quiet Sound program is working to cut noise pollution, including that of large ships, in orca habitats like the Salish Sea. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Cen

Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown

WorkBoat Staff

The first of 12 turbines to be built at the South Fork Wind site 35 miles off Long Island, N.Y., began delivering power Dec. 6. Ørsted video image.

First power from South Fork Wind project off New York

WorkBoat Staff

A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

Navy to build $146.7 million NOAA marine operations center in Rhode Island

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An Army maneuver support vessel. Photo: Rae Higgins, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Combat Support & Combat Service Support

Army watercraft officials seek maritime industry insight at WorkBoat Show

Benjamin Hayden

The Saildrone Surveyor design completed a 2,250-mile maiden voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii in 2021. Saildrone photo.

Saildrone ABS certification for a new kind of workboat

Kirk Moore

The 2023 International WorkBoat Show floor saw big crowds this year. International WorkBoat/Doug Stewart photo

WorkBoat Show attendance rises

WorkBoat Staff

Leigh Baker, MSC’s director, Office of Small Business Command at the 2023 International Workboat Show. Doug Stewart photos.

Looking to do business with the Military Sealift Command?

Ken Hocke

2023 International Workboat Show. Jeremiah Karpowicz photo.

Subsalve shows off multiple engineered inflatable options at Workboat Show

Jeremiah Karpowicz

MV Mannie on the lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, LA. Doug Stewart photo.

Inland waterways faces a litany of challenges, WorkBoat Show panelists say

Ken Hocke