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Three North Atlantic right whales feeding at the water surface in Cape Cod Bay. Brigid McKenna/Center for Coastal Studies photo, under NOAA research permit #19315-01.

Congress hears arguments on vessel speed limit to protect whales

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While operating in the Florida Straits, the 210' cutter was supported by multiple Coast Guard air assets to interdict two known drug smugglers in the vicinity of the Old Bahama Channel. USCG photo

Coast Guard cutter returns to Virginia with 1,100 lbs. of illegal drugs

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The Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative. Crowley/Stena Bulk USA photo

Three Crowley-managed Stena Bulk tankers to take part in Marad program

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The USCG Polar Star returns to her home port of Seattle. Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford photo

USCG heavy icebreaker returns from Antarctica

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PROTEUS, the first underwater site of this stature, is set to be built and will be located off the Caribbean island of Curacao. NOAA image

NOAA, Proteus Ocean Group to explore uses of underwater lab

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Stena Pro Marine was bunkered with 1,408 MT of methanol, and Stena Prosperous was re-fueled with 1,203 MT during the operation. Proman Stena Bulk photo photo

First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation in Gulf of Mexico completed

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Major CO2 contributors in Europe are the energy sector and concrete production, but also the production of methanol and ammonia. Knud E. Hansen rendering

Danish firm designing CO2 capture carrier

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A recent marine safety information bulletin from the Coast Guard says converted bulk vessels arriving in the U.S. carry wind turbine parts stowed in ways "that substantially limits visibility from the navigation bridge." USCG photo.

Turbine carriers have limited navigation bridge visibility, Coast Guard says

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A dead North Atlantic right whale washed ashore in Virginia Beach Feb. 12, 2023, apparently the victim of a ship strike. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Stranding Response Program photo/NOAA Fisheries permit #24359

Vessels blew through slow zones before Virginia right whale death, Oceana says

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A dead whale washed ashore at Manasquan, N.J., Feb. 13, one in a series of strandings in the Mid-Atlantic states. Photo by Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra via Facebook.

Federal whale commission ties strandings to population growth, not offshore wind

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A dead North Atlantic right whale washed ashore in Virginia Beach Feb. 12, 2023, apparently the victim of a ship strike. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Stranding Response Program photo/NOAA Fisheries permit #24359

NOAA says vessel strike killed right whale in Virginia

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$40 million is lost in unpaid crew wages, new report says

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Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescues a boater from a capsized vessel near Slidell, La., Sept. 18, 2022. The boaters and their dog were safely rescued and transported to a nearby marina. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

NOAA satellites helped save 397 lives in 2022

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