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  Built by America: FY2025 Dredging Shows Strength, Savings, and Sustainability

  The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) is pleased to report another strong year for the U.S. dredging industry in Fiscal Year 2025, with $1.8 billion in federal dredging awards executed entirely by the American-owned, American-crewed, American-built Jones Act dredging fleet.

  By William Doyle, CEO, Dredging Contractors of America

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  DCA’s Doyle: The Jones Act Delivers (Much Needed) Stability

  In a maritime market increasingly defined by volatility, from war in the Middle East and the resulting whiplash freight and energy rates, William Doyle chose a moment of celebration in New Orleans to deliver a message grounded in something far less fashionable: stability.

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  Washington Watch

  The Potential Benefits of a Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council for Our Gulf Coast Energy Industry

  By Jeffrey H. Lewis

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  Strength THROUGH Collaboration/Growth THROUGH Partnership

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  Inside Brennan’s Workforce Playbook

  Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast, recently hosted a trio of executives from J.F. Brennan Company (Brennan) – Adam Binsfeld, President Brennan Marine Inc.; Janelle Pogodzinski, Brennan Chief Human Capital Officer, and Justin Scherf, Director, Brennan Underwater Services Group – to take a deep dive into how this 5th generation, family-owned waterborne marine construction powerhouse attracts and retains the personnel it wants and needs to fuel its present and future.

  By Greg Trauthwein

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  Women Offshore taps a Vibrant Workforce Base for Maritime & Offshore

  From attracting the ‘next generation’ at a young age, to mentorship and job service, Women Offshore is an organization that seeks to help plug the workforce gaps – present and looming – in the maritime and offshore sectors. Liz Schmidt, Executive Director, Women Offshore, discusses the organization and its activities in the round with Maritime Reporter TV.

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  Working Boats: Safety, Salvage, and Rescue, An Inside Look at Eight Adventurous Watercraft, by Tom Crestodina, 2026 Sasquatch Books, Seattle WA, USA

  Reviewed by Alan Haig-Brown

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  In the Shipyard

  New Deliveries, Contracts & Designs

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  Calendar of Events

  Upcoming events for the maritime and subsea industry.