Viewpoints

WorkBoat file photo

Towing — Part I

Joel Milton

Coast Guard Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT) provided technical analysis and assistance to salvors that were attempting to free grounded Genesis Marine barges on the Bonnet Carre Spillway Sept. 6, 2021, after Hurricane Ida. Coast Guard photo

Negligent preparation makes owner responsible for hurricane damage

shipyard_repair_generic_cc_dave_ — https://www.flickr.com/photos/daver6/16652026298/

Why loss control is important

Chris Richmond

BOEM photo

The radar shadow of offshore wind

Kirk Moore

Map of U.S. interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines. — Map of U.S. interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines. U.S. EIA

Midstream operators and carbon capture

Jim Redden

Port of Long Beach photo.

Empty containers piling up in the U.S.

Guest Author

A team from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy participated in the National Security Agency’s 20th annual National Cyber Exercise (NCX) April 8-10, 2021, a three-day cyber competition that tests the offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills virtually. (U.S.

What does our cyber future look like?

Capt. Alan Bernstein

An April 2021 engine room fire sidelined Washington State Ferries’ 460’2”x90’x17’3” Wenatchee which was undergoing sea trials with rebuilt engines. Washington State Ferries photo

For lack of a properly torqued basket bolt

Bruce Buls

Storm Shield provides severe weather alerts for your exact location. Storm Shield photo.

Stay alert for dangerous spring weather

Joel Milton

BC Ferries gets LNG trucked to it from two land-based facilities. BC Ferries rendering

To LNG or not to LNG

Bruce Buls

Towing vessel Robert Cenac under way before the accident. Source: William Word/NTSB

Poor communication cited in barge accident

Tim Akpinar

Flooding from 15-knot northerly winds on Smith Island, Md., on Nov. 23, 2015. Credit ©Gary J. Kohn

Wading to work: One-foot sea level rise by 2050, report says

Kirk Moore

The Olmsted Lock and Dam project across the Ohio River has finally been completed, nearly 20 years overdue and severely over budget. But its completion is a big deal because funds can now be used for other back-logged waterways projects. Corps of Engineers photo

Maritime industry shedding second-class citizenship role in Washington

Pamela Glass