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Ken Hocke

Senior Editor

Ken Hocke has been the senior editor of WorkBoat since 1999. He was the associate editor of WorkBoat from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, he was the editor of the Daily Shipping Guide, a transportation daily in New Orleans. He has written for other publications including The Times-Picayune. He graduated from Louisiana State University with an arts and sciences degree, with a concentration in English, in 1978.

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Gladding-Hearn delivers second fast ferry to Rhode Island

LCS-Charleston-702x336 — The Independence-variant littoral combat ship is a 421'6"x103.7' high-speed, agile, shallow draft, focused-mission surface combatant. Austal USA photo

Austal delivers LCS 20 to the Navy, christens LCS 24

Lake Assault building new river rescue boat for Pittsburgh

Fire Island Ferries takes delivery of new ferry from Blount

C&C Marine delivers triple-screw towboat to Minnesota

Red and White Fleet — Red and White Fleet's Enhydra was selected as WorkBoat's Boat of the Year in December 2018. All American Marine photo

Significant Boats of 2019: How to qualify

Polar-Security-Cutter-rendering-VT-Halter-2-702x336-1-e1560877903588 — The Polar Security Cutter program (PSC) is planned to replace the Coast Guard's existing fleet of icebreakers. VT Halter Marine/Designer: Technology Associates Inc. rendering

Seattle will be home to USCG's polar security cutters

WorkBoat’s 2019 Diesel Directory is here

Shepler's — Passenger vessel companies have been harder hit in 2020 than any other sector of the workboat industry. Shepler's photo

Moran Iron Works building new ferry for Michigan

Sentry5 — The new boat is the first unit delivered under this contract. The second vessel, currently in

Armstrong Marine delivers fishery management vessel