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This year’s record-breaking WorkBoat Show was just the beginning—stay connected to learn what’s next in 2025.

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White House releases Maritime Action Plan to rebuild US shipbuilding

Eric Haun

February 13, 2026

President Trump has released his long-awaited Maritime Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy aimed at reversing decades of decline in U.S. shipbuilding and restoring the nation's maritime industrial capacity to meet national security and economic objectives.

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File photo: President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Defense Department address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2025. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Memphis Pitts.

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Balboa Island Ferry has operated an 800' crossing between Balboa Island and Balboa Peninsula since 1919. Balboa Island Ferry photo.

California ferry fleet will go electric to avoid closure

Eric Haun

February 14, 2026

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Balboa Island Ferry, Newport Beach, Calif., is moving forward with a plan to replace its three existing Tier 2 diesel-powered vessels with new battery-electric ferries. The service faced potential closure due to a state law that requires all short-run ferries in California to transition to zero-emissions operation.

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Harbor Docking & Towing has ordered a hybrid ship docking tugboat based on the RApport 2800-H design from Robert Allan Ltd. It will be 92'x40'x17' with a 18' navigational draft. Robert Allan Ltd. image.

Harbor Docking & Towing orders hybrid tugboat

WorkBoat Staff

February 13, 2026

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Harbor Docking & Towing, Lake Charles, La., has ordered a 92'x40' hybrid ship docking tugboat from C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La.

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LCU 1710 the first in a series of up to 12 landing craft under construction at Austal USA Austal under a Navy contract awarded in 2023. USA photo.

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First Austal-built LCU starts sea trials

February 14, 2026

Balboa Island Ferry has operated an 800' crossing between Balboa Island and Balboa Peninsula since 1919. Balboa Island Ferry photo.

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California ferry fleet will go electric to avoid closure

February 14, 2026

The Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Mann (WPC 1160) displays signal flags after the cutter's commissioning ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 13, 2026. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cameron Snell.

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Fast response cutter Frederick Mann commissioned

February 14, 2026

The ship's sponsor, Jane Ginsburg, daughter of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, welded her initials onto a steel plate during the ceremony. General Dynamics NASSCO photo.

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Keel laid for Navy oiler Ruth Bader Ginsburg

February 13, 2026

File photo: President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Defense Department address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2025. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Memphis Pitts.

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White House releases Maritime Action Plan to rebuild US shipbuilding

February 13, 2026

Harbor Docking & Towing has ordered a hybrid ship docking tugboat based on the RApport 2800-H design from Robert Allan Ltd. It will be 92'x40'x17' with a 18' navigational draft. Robert Allan Ltd. image.

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Harbor Docking & Towing orders hybrid tugboat

February 13, 2026

Blue Water Autonomy said it aims to build up to 20 vessels per year. Blue Water Autonomy image.

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Blue Water Autonomy unveils autonomous ship developed with Damen

February 13, 2026

The Revolution Wind project off southern New England was almost 90% complete toward its array of 68 wind turbines in December 2025. Ørsted photo.

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Burgum promises to appeal wind rulings; Nova Scotia, Massachusetts make own deal

February 11, 2026

The Coast Guard has issued an award is for construction of up to five Arctic Security Cutters, toward a planned 11 vessels for a new U.S. icebreaker fleet. Coast Guard rendering.

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Coast Guard completes last contract awards for 11 Arctic cutters

February 11, 2026

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is the largest provider of dredging services in the United States. Shutterstock photo.

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Saltchuk to acquire Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

February 11, 2026

The first Offshore Patrol Cutter, Argus, was launched and christened during a ceremony at Eastern’s Panama City, Fla., shipyard on Oct. 27, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ronald Hodges.

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Coast Guard’s OPC program plagued by growing delays and costs

February 10, 2026

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The combined company is expected to operate a fleet of 73 offshore rigs, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships, nine semisubmersibles, and 31 jackups. Shutterstock photo.

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Consolidation in offshore drilling reflects industry challenges

February 10, 2026

The JAX LNG bunker barge Clean Jacksonville supplies fuel the TOTE Maritime LNG-powered containership Isla Bella. Jaxport photo.

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Clean energy is here; maritime infrastructure isn’t

February 9, 2026

A communication breakdown can lead to simple frustration or possibly something far worse. Shutterstock photo.

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Breaking down communication breakdowns

February 5, 2026

A deckhand washes off leftover debris from a barge on the Missouri River. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Delanie Stafford.

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Study highlights advantages of waterway employment

February 2, 2026

A crewmember aboard Coast Guard Cutter Munro observes the oil tanker Bella 1 in the North Atlantic, Jan. 6, 2026. Munro’s crew monitored the vessel until it was seized by Coast Guard deployable specialized forces, with support from the Department of Defense. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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US maritime revival is picking up speed

February 2, 2026

File photo: Components for the Vineyard Wind project are staged at the Port of New Bedford, Mass., in August 2023. Shutterstock photo.

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The offshore wind merry-go-round

January 28, 2026

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Russ Donnelly, representing the family of the late Ray Donnelly, the vessel namesake, watches welder Trace Taylor complete the keel memorialization plate. ESG photo.

Army corps, Eastern Shipbuilding lay keel for hopper dredge

The planned Trump-class vessels would be the Navy’s first new battleships since the Iowa-class ships, the last of which was commissioned during World War II. Navy rendering.

President unveils plan for Trump-class battleships

The M/V John D Nugent pushing pushing against solid ice downstream on the Illinois River near Astoria, Ill. American Commercial Barge Lines photo.

More cold forecast as ice besets US waters

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