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Starting at the end of 2025, Volvo Penta will begin limited-scale production of its fully integrated, advanced hybrid-electric solutions across its heavy-duty range. Volvo Penta image.

Volvo Penta unveils helm-to-propeller hybrid-electric package

Towing vessel, Uncle Blue, partially submerged on the Mississippi River. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Poor hull condition led to towing vessel flooding, NTSB says

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircraft aircrew medevacs a Merchant Marine Cadet offshore Galveston, Texas, Aug. 28. The cadet was transported to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in stable condition. Coast Guard video image.

Merchant Marine cadet medevaced 50 miles off Galveston

A rendering of the Kaskida platform shows its 80,000 BOPD production capacity. Source: Exmar

bp approves Kaskida oil project in U.S. Gulf

The Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star returned to its Seattle homeport Aug. 24 after 138 days deploying to Antarctica and 140 days in the shipyard. Coast Guard photo.

Polar Star returns to Seattle after Antarctica, shipyard work

Austal USA on Aug. 5 launched the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), the last ship of the Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship program. Austal USA will settle fraud charges related to the LCS program for $24 million. Austal USA photo.

Austal pleads guilty, agrees to $24 million to settle fraud charges

Washington ports in 2022 handled the import and export of 15.6 billion tons of containerized cargo and 55.5 billion tons of non-containerized cargo worth $36.5 billion. Port of Seattle photo.

Washington ports to receive electrification grants

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Operations disrupted after Port of Seattle cyberattack

Great Lakes Dock and Dredge Co. photo.

GLDD secures $65.8M contract for Mobile harbor dredging and expansion

Design of BP's Kaskida Floating Production Unit in Gulf of Mexico. Exmar Offshore photo.

Audubon secures topside design contract for bp’s Kaskida project in gulf