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Ken Hocke

Ken Hocke

Senior Editor at Workboat

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Robotics company has its eye on US offshore industry

Ulysses, San Francisco, is a robotics company made up of engineers and operators who have previously built championship-winning Formula 1 cars, satellites, space lasers, drones, underwater vehicles, h
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Seating technology advances as military and commercial demand grows

Ask mariners what the most important part of a workboat is, aside from the hull, and they would probably say the engines or generators, propellers, waterjets, radar, or any number of other pieces of e
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Montgomery Locks and Dam overhaul aims to boost Port of Pittsburgh

Three hundred times a month, commercial vessels on the Ohio River, largely barge tows, lock through the Montgomery Locks and Dam’s two chambers on their way to or from the Port of Pittsburgh. Bu
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Marine industry heroics not forgotten 20 years after Hurricane Katrina

Friday marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall across the Louisiana/Mississippi border. The final death toll stands at 1,833 — over 1,400 in New Orleans. More than 500 dr
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E-Crane opens Port of Iberia facility to serve Gulf and inland markets

At first brush, Adegem, Belgium, and New Iberia, La., would seem to have little in common. Until one looks closer. Both have people there who speak French, and both are home to E-Crane Worldwide facil
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Trump revokes agreement to protect salmon

A September 2023 presidential memorandum of understanding (MOU) from the Biden administration called for the elimination of four Snake River dams that the MOU said contributed to the near extinction o
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Marine logistics are designed to make life easier for barge operators

Let’s get organized. An inland barge company that has 2,500 barges and 150 towboats needs to know where these assets are along the inland waterways system at any given time. And if it’s a
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Trump’s attempt to revive U.S. shipping is a heavy lift

Trump's executive order aims to revive U.S. shipbuilding, counter China’s dominance, grow the fleet, and address workforce and infrastructure challenges.
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Economic uncertainty slows barge industry construction plans

Take a steel box — maybe 195'x35' — one that floats, fill its belly full of 1,500 tons of dry cargo and float it down the river. Or take a steel box, a bigger one, fill its belly full of p
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Gulf Coast shipyards expand to meet rising commercial and military ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this year aimed at rebuilding the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Rebuild? Tier II shipbuilders have been producing aluminum and steel military and
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Reconnecting with a World War II patrol boat

A quarter of a century ago, The National World War II Museum opened in New Orleans as The National D-Day Museum. I went to the exhibition for the first time later that year. In 2015, the Pacific Theat
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There’s no downtime for the vessels that defend against bad actors

There’s no downtime for the vessels that defend against bad actors
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Emergency response vessels: Recent deliveries

Today’s emergency response vessels are specialty-built, multi-mission boats constructed from designs by manufacturers like Moose Boats, Vallejo, Calif.; MetalCraft Marine, Kingston, Ontario, Can
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On board Bisso Towboat’s newest tractor tug Mr. Brian

I’m following Jonathan Davis into the early morning fog. Davis is Bisso Towboat Co.’s vice president of training, and we’re moving along the company’s steel walk
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Lower Miss dry-cargo imports fall 12.5%

Major dry cargo commodities tracked by the U.S. Customs District in New Orleans dropped 12.5% during the third quarter, according Criton Corp.’s River Transport News. Aggregate imports of the dr
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Amogy takes delivery of ammonia-powered tug

In September, Amogy Inc., an ammonia-to-power solution company, took delivery of the 105'x27'x13' tug NH3 Kraken. The steel-hulled tug was retrofitted with Amogy’s ammonia-to-electrica
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Tampa dinner vessel living up to its potential

Hard Rock Marine Services, Jean Lafitte, La., delivered the steel-hulled 130'x31'x5' dinner vessel Craft to Yacht Starship Dining Cruises, Tampa, Fla. The boat was delivered in March and since then, h
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PNNL to officially take delivery of new research vessel this week

Seattle-based Snow & Co. has delivered a 49.7'x15.9'x7.54' hybrid catamaran aluminum research vessel to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
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Conrad Shipyard holds recognition ceremony for Navy YRBM

Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, La., held a first-in-class recognition ceremony in July at Conrad’s Amelia, La., shipyard for the new 151'4
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High water and hurricanes - WorkBoat

In the August cover story of WorkBoat (see page 26), Austin Golding, president and CEO of Golding Barge Line, said, “We’re in a healthy market, but it’s not a peak market. We’v
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Laborde Marine enters the U.S. inland marine market with creation o...

Laborde Marine Management LLC, New Orleans, announced in July the creation of a new affiliate, LabMar Inland LLC that will focus on the U.S. inland marine market, providing towing and pushboat service