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MMA — Massachusetts Maritime Academy photo

Young people are our future

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olmsted-lock-dam-construction-inside-cofferdam — Workers on the Olmsted Dam place tremie concrete inside the Left Boat Abutment Cofferdam on October 4th, 2016. In the background, Nav Pass Shell #9 is being lowered by the Catamaran Barge onto the river bottom. The LBA will serve as a landing point for t.

Approval of key waterways bill likely to be delayed

Pamela Glass

Emily-Ann-tug-cruise-ship — Donjon Marine's tugboat Emily Ann passes the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway and a fuel barge at New York's West Side piers. Kirk Moore photo.

Plan ahead and be aware — Part II

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Installation einer Windturbine / Installing a wind turbine — A wind turbine under construction. Siemens photo.

Hydrogen and offshore wind join forces

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John Adams starboard bow with Cooper starboard Laura K port (800x536) — The containership CMA CGM John Adams inbound to Savannah, Ga., with the tugs Cooper Moran (left) and Laura K Moran. Kirk Moore photo

Turning over a safe ship

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Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill — The Premiere Explorer of Venice, La., stands by near a controlled burn of spilled oil from in the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico June 9. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class John Masson.

Pollution liability: It's not just the cleanup

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A tugboat in the Hudson River off New York City. Kirk Moore photo.

Plan ahead and be aware — Part I

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Chicago's Classic Lady — Chicago's Classic Lady, built at Burger Boat. Burger Boat Company image

Shipyards keep on building

David Krapf

In May 2019, Shell started production at Appomattox, a deep-water oil and gas development that is Shell

Oil price increase still a ways off

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Five decades of reliability and counting

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SCI chaplain 2 — In normal times, river chaplains with the Seamen’s Church Institute would meet with mariners on vessels or shoreside to offer counseling. But such interactions have been severely cut back due to Covid-19 restrictions. Seamen’s Church Institute photo

Seamen’s Church focuses on emotional health of mariners

Pamela Glass

Noble Jim Day — offshore oil and gas supported 275,000 total domestic jobs and $60 billion total economic contributions in the U.S. Noble Energy photo

What does the rig count uptick mean for the Gulf?

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Ensco semi — An Ensco ultradeepwater semisubmersible. Ensco plc photo

Gulf deepwater rig fleet upended

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