Coastal & Inland Waterways

Barge_0165 — Photo by David Krapf

Barge rates continue to fall as Mississippi River conditions improve

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About 9.9 million acres in the Gulf of Maine are being considered by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for potential wind energy leasing. BOEM graphic.

BOEM holding public sessions on offshore wind energy in Gulf of Maine

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Avondale Global Gateway occupies the site of the former Avondale Shipyard. Port of South Louisiana image

Port of South Louisiana to purchase former Avondale Shipyard property

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Diesel prices rise, finally halting nearly two-month decline

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WorkBoat's top 10 news stories of 2022

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Passengers were evacuated from the Staten Island Ferry vessel Sandy Ground after an engine room fire Dec. 22, 2022. An NYC Ferry vessel and the Carver Companies tug Mister Jim assisted. Photo courtesy Domenic Rizzo.

Staten Island Ferry passengers evacuated after engine room fire

Kirk Moore

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Diesel prices continue to fall

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Barring unforeseen delays, construction is slated to begin in 2025 and the first berth to open in 2028. Seacor AHM photo

Louisiana governor announces $1.8 billion Port of N.O. expansion

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(Left to right) Ben Cacation, VCAPCD; Kristin Decas, CEO & port director; Celina Zacarias, OHD commissioner; Martin Erickson, executive director, VCTC; Brian MacDonald, VCTC vice chair and Oxnard Mayor Pro Tem; Len Mazzella, general manager, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Services; Armando Mendez, vice president of ILWU; Dona Lacayo, chief commercial and public affairs officer; Miguel Rodriguez, community relations manager; Michael Inda, Sup. Kelly Long’s Office; Adam Vega, community relations specialist; KJ May, engineering manager; and Letitia Austin, public and government relations manager. Port of Hueneme photo

Port of Hueneme first West Coast port to offer plug-in capable wharfs

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The Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corporation, in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloat the Ever Forward Sunday, April 17, in the Chesapeake Bay. George Mason University photo.

Ever Forward pilot was distracted before Chesapeake grounding, Coast Guard says

Kirk Moore

Ray Giometti, business and operations manager for Fishermen's Terminal at the Port of Seattle, speaks to Maritime High School students at Pacific Marine Expo 2022. Britton Spark photo.

Pacific Marine Expo connects Maritime High School students with industry

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Low water hurting cargo movement on the Mississippi River

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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 Center

Quiet Sound project tries slowing Puget Sound shipping to protect whales

Kirk Moore