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• Credit: John Chiaramonte, Designatronics, Inc.

  Wybur Tools Bear Cut / Shipyard Bur Purpose-Built for Heavy-Duty Shipbuilding and Marine Fabrication

• Photo: MetalCraft Marine’s Bay Wolf fireboat

  Advanced Propulsion and Control for Modern Fleet Operations

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  “Déjà vu all over again”

  The Markets Impacting the Revival of US Naval & Commercial Shipbuilding

  By Robert Kunkel

• U.S. Army photo by David Adams

  Dredging is Building the Next Generation of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Ports

  The United States’ Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions have good dredging stories to tell.

  By William P. Doyle, CEO and Executive Director, Dredging Contractors of America

• USCG photo by PA2 Adam Egger

  Recent Changes in U.S. At-Sea Interdiction of Illicit Narcotics

  By Jeffrey H. Lewis

• Propane’s Port Play: From Terminal Equipment to the Tug Cheyenne

  Jim Bunsey of the Propane Education Research Council (PERC) visited with Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast, to share insights on how ports, terminals and even the workboat market [with a forthcoming conversion of the Erie class diesel tugboat Cheyenne to a hybrid propane vessel with electric drives] are increasing the uptake on this maritime fuel alternative.

  By Greg Trauthwein

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  Building the Maritime Workforce

  MARAD’s Center of Excellence designation for the Corn Belt Ports consortium puts new focus on the people needed to keep freight moving through America’s inland waterways.

  By Greg Trauthwein

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  “All In, All Good, All for One”

  Tim Gallaudet on Science, Leadership and the People Behind the Mission

  By Greg Trauthwein

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  Interferry at 50: Ferry Industry Navigates Change, again

  When Interferry convenes its annual conference in Bangkok, Thailand, the international ferry association will mark a milestone: its 50th anniversary. But while there will be plenty of time to celebrate five decades, CEO Mike Corrigan sees the meeting as an opportunity to tackle some of the biggest technical, regulatory and operational challenges confronting ferry operators today.

  By Greg Trauthwein

• Image courtesy Saronic

  U.S. Shipyards Add Capacity as Navy, Commercial Programs Drive Investment

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  Op-Ed: The Scripps Award Sets a Precedent Small U.S. Shipyards Cannot Survive

  By Daniel Zech