5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (468+ words) A quartet of uncrewed surface vehicles are navigating 1,500 miles to the center of a historic El Niño gathering strength in the eastern Pacific, on a four-month mission to collect data on the warm-water impulse altering global weather patterns. Two orange…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (300+ words) The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has contracted Lyman-Morse Workboats, Thomaston, Maine, to build a 59' aluminum research vessel for year-round scientific operations on Chesapeake Bay and near-coastal Atlantic waters. Designed with Chartwell Marine, Southampton, U.K., the vessel will support water-quality monitoring,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (71+ words) WorkBoat Comment period closes on proposed Virginia offshore mineral lease BOEM is reviewing support and opposition to potential mineral leasing off Virginia following the close of a public comment period on Odyssey Marine Exploration’s dredge-based proposal. You’ve reached your article…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (417+ words) NOAA has published an application from The Metals Company, Vancouver, British Columbia, for deep seabed mineral exploration and commercial recovery in the Federal Register, opening a 60-day public comment period on the first consolidated application of its kind. The application…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (82+ words) WorkBoat Court order could threaten permits for surviving US wind projects A court decision remanding prior approvals for a wind energy project off New Jersey could pose a new threat to offshore turbine arrays under construction, as the Trump administration…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) The 2026 WorkBoat Diesel Directory is here. See engine specs and manufacturer listings for the U.S. commercial fleet. → Download Free The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal, a planned container facility…...