The Port of Coos Bay has executed a US$25 million federal INFRA grant, matched by NorthPoint Development, to advance the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port. The combined US$50 million will fund permitting and engineering for the West Coast’s first ship-to-rail container gateway.
Maersk and Seaspan are rolling out a major fleet upgrade program, committing at least $75 million to retrofit 18 chartered vessels. The flagship project targets four 13,000 TEU ships with efficiency-boosting technology expected to lower slot costs by up to 13 percent.
A Carteret, N.J., fireboat sank on the Fourth of July after a surfacing whale struck it in Raritan Bay, sending the crew overboard.
A newly built Vietnamese cargo ship capsized a coastal fishing boat off Vietnam, killing one fisherman and leaving 16 rescued from the water.
A surge in freight rates has flipped Maersk’s 2026 outlook from a projected loss to billions in profit.
Washington-built boom boats are heading north to bolster Alyeska Pipeline’s around-the-clock oil-spill-response fleet in Valdez.
MARAD Administrator Capt. Stephen Carmel outlines how the Maritime Action Plan aims to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding, inland waterways, and the workboat workforce.
Siemens Energy will design and build medium-voltage shoreside charging infrastructure for Washington State Ferries as the largest U.S. ferry system advances fleet electrification.
The Portland Model Powerboat Association displayed and launched its hand-built model boats at Astoria’s Columbia River Maritime Museum.
The Coast Guard set a temporary Columbia River safety zone for the Richland Regatta hydroplane races on June 27–28.
