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The crew at Yank Marine, Tuckahoe, N.J., with the latest NY Waterways ferry soon to be delivered. Yank Marine photo.

Yank Marine to deliver a new ferry to NY Waterway

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The 73 acres at South Brooklyn Marine Terminal will include a staging area for Empire Wind turbine components, an operations and maintenance center, and shore charging for the project's service and operations vessel. Equinor rendering.

Construction start on South Brooklyn offshore wind terminal

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Michael Connor, assistant secretary of civil works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said the latest deepening plan "will ensure the Port of New York and New Jersey remains a premier port for the years to come.” PANYNJ photo.

Port Authority plans $32 million deepening for New York’s Gravesend Anchorage

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The tug Franklin Reinauer carried rescue workers to Lower Manhattan. Tugs from Moran, McAllister, K-Sea and others also helped in the transport of workers and survivors. US Coast Guard / PA2 Tom Sperduto photo.

Remembering 9/11: Calling All Boats 22 years later

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Responders with DONJON SMIT prepare equipment to capture firefighting water from dewatering pumps in the vessel Grande Costa D'Avorio at Port Newark, N.J., July 10. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Mikaela McGee.

After Port Newark ship fire, city firefighters call for more resources

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An aerial drone view of the ship Grande Costa D’Avorio as fire fighting continued at Port Newark, N.J., July 8. The fire was contained to the 11th deck, reducing the list of the vessel and continuing dewatering efforts. Coast Guard video image.

Coast Guard and agencies stabilize burning cargo ship at Port Newark

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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

The NY Waterway ferry Thomas Jefferson on the Hudson River in New York. Photo by Kirk Moore

NY Waterways to convert ferry engines from diesel to hybrid propulsion

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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

The tug Franklin Reinauer carried rescue workers to Lower Manhattan. Tugs from Moran, McAllister, K-Sea and others also helped in the transport of workers and survivors. US Coast Guard / PA2 Tom Sperduto photo.

Remembering 9/11: Calling All Boats

Joel Milton

A pilot project is testing the feasibility of moving UPS trailers by barge across New York Harbor between Red Hook and Bayonne. UPS photo.

UPS tests short-sea shipping across New York Harbor

Kirk Moore