(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Tuesday announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project, the first large-scale, offshore wind project in the United States. The secretaries…
(GALVESTON, Texas) — The Texas A&M Maritime Academy on the Galveston campus of Texas A&M University has received notification from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MarAd) that the national security multi-mission vessel (NSMV) expected to arrive on campus…
(OTTAWA) — The government of Canada announced on Thursday that it will move forward with the construction of two polar icebreakers under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). Both new polar icebreakers will have capacity and ability beyond that of Canada's…
(JUNEAU, Alaska) — The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) Docks and Harbors and Global Diving & Salvage, assisted by Coast Guard Sector Juneau, scuttled the derelict tugboat Lumberman off southeast Alaska on Sunday. The Coast Guard cutter John McCormick,…
(STONINGTON, Conn.) — The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the Coast Guard community and service by supporting members and families, announced Tuesday that Leidos, a corporate donor, has offered to triple-match every gift received by June…
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) awarded more than $7 million to nine members of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) last week. Through the Small Shipyard Grant Program, MarAd annually provides federal grants to support…
Up to 14,000 U.S. mariners need to be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine, says Don Marcus of the International Organization ofMasters, Mates & Pilots, but the transient nature of the profession makes inoculation at the state…
While bunker supplies to meet the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 sulfur…
Morton S. Bouchard III addresses the audience at a Coast Guard Foundation dinner in New York City in 2016. Bouchard Transportation’s financial difficulties led to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last September and Bouchard’s subsequent removal…
Sailors from the Ivory Coast participate in a hostage rescue drill with the Ghanaian navy in 2017. Sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, the exercise was designed to improve cooperation between Gulf of Guinea and West Africa…
A Bouchard Transportation tugboat guidesa tank barge up the Hudson River nearManhattan. In 2016, the U.S. Coast Guardproposed establishing 10 anchorages forcommercial vessels on the river from Yonkers to Kingston, N.Y., after requests from maritime industry…
