Coastal & Inland Waterways

Staten Island Ferry rescue of almost 900 passengers. NY Waterway/ Baris Barlis

Top 10 2023 News Story: Staten Island Ferry fire: Training was key

Kirk Moore

The towboat Kristy Dutsch was delivered in December. The sixth vessel will be delivered later this year. Steiner Shipyard photo

Steiner Shipyard delivers 76' towboat to Florida Marine

Ken Hocke

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock was awarded $173.7 million in contracts recently. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock photo

Great Lakes Dredge awarded $174 million in contracts

WorkBoat Staff

The total represents an increase of approximately 422,000 tonnes of cargo over the amount transported during the same period last year. Chamber of Marine Commerce photo

Cargo traffic on U.S. Great Lakes up by 422,000 tonnes over last year

WorkBoat Staff

2023 International Workboat Show staff photo.

Maritime Throwdown a big hit at the WorkBoat Show

Carli Stewart

An estimated 588 bbls. of oil leaked from the pipeline, resulting in approximately $160 million in damages, including clean-up costs. NTSB photo

NTSB recommendations following 2021 oil leak off California coast

WorkBoat Staff

An orca surfaces as a Seattle ferry passes through Elliott Bay off Seattle. Washington State’s Quiet Sound program is working to cut noise pollution, including that of large ships, in orca habitats like the Salish Sea. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Cen

Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown

WorkBoat Staff

The Saildrone Surveyor design completed a 2,250-mile maiden voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii in 2021. Saildrone photo.

Saildrone ABS certification for a new kind of workboat

Kirk Moore

Signet Maritime photo

Signet tugs named ‘Boat of the Year’ by WorkBoat

Ken Hocke

The WEVA project is a joint effort by Concordia Damen Shipbuilding in collaboration with CCM3, Nedstack Fuel Cell Technology, Nobian, Energy TransStore, NRPC and client Lenten Scheepvaart, among others. Concordia Damen Shipbuilding photo

World’s first hydrogen-fueled inland shipping vessel receives provisional approval

WorkBoat Staff

Grain barges. USDA photo

Marad awards $57 million for grain-related port improvements

WorkBoat Staff

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 such as automobiles, timber and grain worth $36.5 billion. Port of Seattle photo.

Washington State maritime industries near $46 billion in annual revenue

WorkBoat Staff

The Maritime Innovation Center project at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle will transform a building from 1911 into "the greenest building in the world," says Maritime Blue president Joshua Berger. Miller Hull Partnership rendering.

Port of Seattle moves forward on electrification

Kirk Moore