Maritime Industry

Boats are under contract, under construction, and being delivered for both commercial and military customers on all coasts and the Great Lakes. Ken Hocke photo

Shipyards earn essential business designation

Ken Hocke

BALLAST WATER INSPECTION — Petty Officer 3rd Class Kent-Erik Hedberg, Marine Safety Detachment Massena peers through a refractometer at a sample of ballast water from the motor vessel Eider, in Montreal, June 3, 2008. The U.S. Coast Guard inspects all vessels' ballast water before.

EPA proposes standards to reduce impact of discharges from commercial vessels

WorkBoat Staff

Transocean drillships — The ultradeepwater Transocean drillships Deepwater Thalassa and Deepwater Proteus. Transocean photo

WorkBoat stocks post small loss in September

David Krapf

Inmarsat pic — The new Gulf of Mexico coverage extension adds to the existing agreement already in place with subsea fibre and offshore LTE network operator, Tampnet, following the Fleet LTE North Sea service launch in November 2019. Inmarsat photo

Inmarsat Fleet LTE service coverage extended to Gulf of Mexico

WorkBoat Staff

USCG unmanned surface vehicle — Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate

Coast Guard to begin testing unmanned surface vehicles off Hawaii

U.S. Coast Guard

Atlantic seismic survey permits expiring; oil exploration ‘back to square one’

Kirk Moore

DARPA Sea Train — Image developed by DARPA

Gibbs & Cox awarded DARPA contract for sea train concept development

WorkBoat Staff

Golding barge tow — A Golding Barge Line towboat and its tank barge tow. Golding Barge Line photo

Barge shipments of oil drop almost 50%

Ken Hocke

FRC-40-702x336 — The Coast Guard is following established policies for COVID, per CDC guidelines, to include quarantine and contact tracing. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Coast Guard vice commandant tests positive for Covid-19

WorkBoat Staff

50424163788_946879e117_c — Maid of the Mist is an iconic boat tour that has navigated the waters below Niagara Falls since 1846. Maid of the Mist photo

Maid of the Mist launches first all-electric passenger vessels in U.S.

WorkBoat Staff

Scania photo — Scania Marine engines offer a minimum horsepower of 220 to a maximum of 1,150, with RPMs ranging from 1,600 to 2,300, meeting the U.S. EPA Tier 2 and Tier three requirements. Scania photo

Scania USA names Laborde Products as its new distributor

WorkBoat Staff