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NOAA launches two coastal models for mariner safety on West Coast, Gulf of Mexico

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USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Coast Guard photo

Comment period extended for passenger vessel safety management systems

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On March 26, 2021, Eastern Shipbuilding Group launched the Dorothy Day, the third of three new Ollis-class ferries for the city of New York's Staten Island Ferry. ESG photo

Eastern Shipbuilding launches third Ollis-class ferry for New York's Staten Island Ferry

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The tugboat Signet Constellation fights a fire on the ATB Buster Bouchard/B. No. 255 approximately three miles from the Port Aransas, Texas, jetties on Oct. 20, 2017. The explosion on Bouchard's ATB killed two crew. Coast Guard photo

Bouchard pays $375,000 to mariner fired for cooperating with 2017 barge explosion investigation

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Engine room fire aboard the towboat City of Cleveland. Coast Guard photo

Complacency, lack of procedural compliance key issues in marine accidents, NTSB says

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This is the first Navy ship that Austal has launched in 2021 and the first one to launch from Austal's recently acquired drydock. Austal USA photo

Austal USA launches LCS 30 from newly acquired drydock

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barge-tows-transit-co-river-locks-matagorda-tx_usace — Biden's plan calls on Congress to invest an additional $17 billion in inland waterways, coastal ports, land ports of entry and ferries. Army Corps of Engineers photo

Biden's infrastructure plan includes money for waterways, ports, ferries

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Conrad Vane barge — 55,000-bbl. barge for Vane Brothers. Conrad Industries photo

Conrad's 2020 backlog grows but posts net loss for the year

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DEME Offshore will provide wind turbine installation for the Vineyard Wind energy project off southern New England. DEME Offshore image.

Vineyard Wind to use DEME Offshore, Foss Maritime for installation

Kirk Moore

PHOTO - Port of Los Angeles - 042117 - NOAA - 1960x935 - LANDSCAPE — The Port of Los Angeles. NOAA photo

Marad to provide $230 million in funding for port infrastructure

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This screen capture from wheelhouse video on board the towing vessel Voyager shows the moment when the LPG tanker Genesis River struck Kirby's barge 30015T, March 10, 2019. Source: Kirby Inland Marine

Vessel speed a factor in 2019 Houston Ship Channel collision, NTSB says

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