Heath B. Jones Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger) has hired Heath B. Jones, retired 14th master chief petty officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, as vice president of government relations and strategic partnerships. Read More
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September 5, 2025 A divided House of Representatives narrowly approved a fiscal year 2026 energy and water spending bill that includes funding for key projects important to the nation’s waterways… Read More
The Trump administration celebrated the christening of the State of Maine, which was built for the Maine Maritime Academy and will serve as a next-generation training ship. The vessel… Read More
Forged In Crisis, Collaboration Rules The Waters August 29 marked the 20th anniversary of the Louisiana and Mississippi landfalls of Hurricane Katrina. In late August 2005, after crossing the Florida… Read More
Rear Adm. Will Watson relieved Rear Adm. David Barata August 1 to become the new commander of the Coast Guard’s Heartland District. The ceremony took place at the National World… Read More
Top leaders of a key House committee unveiled a bipartisan bill to provide the “most robust legislative reform” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in decades. H.R. 4669, the… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards announced July 28 that it has begun contract negotiations with the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of at least 10 additional Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). The “One… Read More
The National Maritime Center announced new application status and credential verification tools during a July 25 change of command ceremony in Martinsburg, W.Va. Rear Adm. Wayne Arguin Jr. presided over… Read More
At a time when inland operators are entering the last two years of the first complete cycle to comply with Subchapter M timelines, they now have a new partner to… Read More
On July 11, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced the partial termination of two contracts with Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) to build… Read More
