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The amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) returned to Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding following successful acceptance sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico in 2014. Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding photo

Ingalls awarded $2.4 billion contract to build another amphibious assault ship

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The company performed field tests on the ground and at height using a suite of Sarcos solutions. Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. photo

Robots that do shipyard work

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Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission staff hold Sofar buoys at a co-production workshop. James Kendall/Bureau of Ocean Energy Management photo

Improving ocean data access for indigenous and other coastal communities

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An Amogy powerpack will generate the power needed to reliquefy ammonia as it heats up over the course of a voyage, instead of a diesel genset. Amogy photo

Southern Devall, Amogy partner to bring ammonia-to-power technology to the marine industry

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Dominion Energy's twin wind turbines 27 miles off Virginia Beach are the pilot project for a planned 2.6 gigawatt array of 176 turbine towers. Dominion Energy photo.

Dominion Energy, Virginia reach settlement on offshore wind costs

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it has finalized two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico. Statoil photo

BOEM designates two wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico

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A welder from Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors welds the initials of Discoverer's sponsor, Second Gentleman Douglas C. Emhoff, onto a steel plate that will be incorporated into the ship in keeping with maritime tradition. NOAA photo

Keel-laying ceremony held for NOAA oceanographic research vessel

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A right whale known to researchers as “Half Note” and her calf, sighted in January 2022 off of Georgia. The calf was thin with whale lice on its flukes, indications of poor health. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute photo/NOAA permit #20556

U.S. agencies propose to protect whales while building wind power

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The Netherlands-flagged anchor handling tug Norne has worked on the Vineyard Wind project off southern New England. Kooiman Marine Group photo.

OMSA cites Vineyard Wind, arguing for new offshore legislation

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mississippi_barge_traffic_near_st_louis_usace — Barge traffic on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. USACE photo.

Barge rates jump 22%

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Commodore underway before the grounding, approaching the East 35th St. New York City Terminal. Seastreak photo

New York ferry grounding linked to software flaw, NTSB report says

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