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Dates Announced: Pacific Marine Expo Returns to Seattle Nov. 20–22, 2025, at the Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle.

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By adding terms and conditions at the time of a ticket purchase, passenger vessel operators can help limit a vessel’s liability for certain risks such as injury to passengers. Shutterstock photo.

A risk tool many passenger vessel operators overlook

Chris Richmond

Safety management systems can vary in design, as their requirements differ across sectors of the industry. Shutterstock photo.

Safety starts at the top

Richard Paine, Jr.

SEA.AI processes data from onboard low-light and thermal cameras to create a detailed, real-time digital map of the vessel’s environment. SEA.AI photos

See the unseen, AI imaging enhances workboat navigation

Eric Colby

Brett Snow inside the Foss 300, the venerable old steam-powered, 75-ton-capacity floating crane. Doug Stewart photos.

Snow’s Seattle yard hits 100-build milestone

Bruce Buls

Real skills will always matter on the deck of any working vessel. Shutterstock photo.

You can’t YouTube your way to seamanship

Joel Milton

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' FY25 Work Plan includes $44 million to continue work on the Montgomery Lock project on the Ohio River. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

An austere plan, but still progress

Tracy Zea

Towboat deliveries are rising as demand grows for modern, low-horsepower vessels to guide America’s inland barge traffic. Construction rebounds despite cost concerns, with new designs exploring hybrid and electric innovations. Shutterstock photo.

Economic uncertainty slows barge industry construction plans

Ken Hocke

In March 2024, the containership Dali struck a support pillar of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing a major part of the span to collapse. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Two bridge allisions, two very different legal analyses

Tim Akpinar

File photo: A littoral combat ship under construction at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Ala. U.S. Navy photo by Shannon Eve Renfroe.

Steel, subsidies, and second thoughts in US shipbuilding

Craig Hooper

The Ursa platform in the Gulf of Mexico. At levels forecasted by the Energy Information Administration, the Gulf would account for about 14% of U.S. oil production and 2% of marketed natural gas production. Shell photo.

Oil and gas drilling declines in Gulf amid market, policy pressures

Eric Haun

Hanwha Philly Shipyard has cited workforce shortages as a major challenge impacting its shipbuilding projects. Hanwha Philly Shipyard photo.

America’s shipyards are hiring — but where are the workers?

Jonathan Barnes

Image of President Donald Trump and offshore wind turbines via Shutterstock. Creative direction by Doug Stewart.

Trump administration strikes hard at offshore wind

Kirk Moore

Bay-Houston Towing celebrated a major milestone with the christening of the George M and May Louise—two powerful, next-generation tugboats designed to boost operational capabilities along the Houston Ship Channel and surrounding ports. Bay-Houston Towing photo.

Fleet renewal programs keep steady stream of tug orders, deliveries

Casey Conley

	
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