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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) recently completed a port call in Sydney, Australia recently, conducting several engagements with Australian partners that strengthened ties and furthered collaborative maritime security throughout Oceania. U.S. Coast Guard photo

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Midgett visits Australia

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LCAC 112 was delivered to the Navy on March 13. US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) photo.

Textron Systems delivers LCAC 112 to Navy

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Trump administration dismisses members of all federal maritime advisory committees

Pamela Glass

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) sits moored at the U.S. Antarctic Program’s NSF McMurdo Station in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze, Feb. 16, 2025. All images belong to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Polar Star departs Antarctica following Operation Deep Freeze

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An icebreaker rendering for the Canadian Coast Guard. Davie image.

Canada awards polar icebreaker contracts to Davie and Seaspan

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GAO reports $7 billion Coast Guard infrastructure backlog

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Maritime employers have found that drug testing limits their ability to hire workers. Doug Stewart/ Ai-Shutterstock photo.

The highs and lows: Marijuana testing lives in a gray area for mariners

Bruce Buls

The NOMARS program’s prototype vessel, USX-1 Defiant, completed construction in February 2025 at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders shipyard. Serco North America photo.

DARPA launches NOMARS warship USX-1 Defiant

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A keel laying March 5 in Philadelphia marked the start of construction on the fifth and final National Security Multi-Mission Vessel. TOTE Services photo.

Keel laying for fifth – and final – National Security Multi-Mission Vessel

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President Donald J. Trump delivers the first address of his second term, pledging to strengthen U.S. shipbuilding, before a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, March 4, 2025. White House photo.

Trump pledges shipbuilding revival, special tax incentives for US yards

Ben Hayden

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Austal USA named ‘Large Company of the Year’

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U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard halts 12 illegal charters in Miami waters

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(Pictured, left to right) Chris Marchefsky ASN, RDA Principle Civilian Deputy; Capt. Randy Slaff, Commander (SSGC) Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Gulf Coast; Chris Remont, Bollinger New Construction EVP; Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisitions Dr Brett Seidle (acting); Josh Feltman – BMS VP and General Manager; Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, Program Executive Office (PEO Ships); Isiah Ferguson – Program Managers Representative for APL and TAGs programs; Capt. Lauren Dufrene, USCG – Program Manager for the PSC; Nadia Herron – Executive Director, USCG Project Resident Office Pascagoula; James Jordon, Deputy Program Managers Representative, SupShip Gulf Coast PSC; and Capt. Pete Morisseau USCG, Commanding Officer Project Resident Office, Pascagoula. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Bollinger hosts Assistant Secretary of the Navy

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