Coastal & Inland Waterways

WorkBoat Cover image March 1973. WorkBoat photo

WorkBoat Looks Back: March 1963, 1973, 1983

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The USMHP seeks to increase the use of America’s navigable waterways, especially where water-based transport is the most efficient, effective, and sustainable option. Patrick Loch, Corps of Engineers photo

Over $12 million available for U.S. Marine Highway Program

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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

Kirk Moore

Track of the Miss Mollye D, shown in yellow, as it pushed the tow before the striking. Photo is not from the time of the striking. Vessels shown moored along the northern bank are typical for the waterway. Track of the Miss Mollye D, shown in yellow, as it pushed the tow before the striking. Photo is not from the time of the striking. Vessels shown moored along the northern bank are typical for the waterway. Source: Google Earth; Annotated by NTSB

Towboat pilot didn’t report allision with bridge in Louisiana, NTSB says

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Port of Panama City. Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council photo

Florida seaports see record-high cargo in 2022

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Carolyn Skayes near the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in November 2021. Google Earth photo, Annotated by NTSB

Lack of spotter leads to crane topping off barge, NTSB says

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One fishermen died and another was injured when the Coast Guard cutter Winslow Griesser collided with their boat near Puerto Rico on Aug. 8, 2022. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard cutter commander removed over fatal 2022 collision

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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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ACBL’s new towboat, due for delivery late this year, will support barge operations in one of the busiest ship channels in the world, the Port of Houston. ACBL rendering

Steiner Construction to build new 82' towboat for ACBL

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Clean Jacksonville, the first LNG bunker barge constructed in North America in 2018. Conrad Industries photo

Seaside LNG acquires LNG bunker barge from TOTE Group

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Kirk Moore photo

$660 million available for port development

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WorkBoat file photo

Coast Guard working group to review towing exam questions

U.S. Coast Guard

The tug Legacy was disabled and adrift 30 miles off the Maryland coast when its crew of seven were rescued by the Coast Guard Jan. 14, 2023. Coast Guard image.

Coast Guard evacuates tug crew off Maryland

WorkBoat Staff