Above:  AJ Alik, a fisheries officer with the Marshall Islands Conservation Society, is partnering with WHOI researchers on coral restoration efforts in Majuro. (Photo by Tim Briggs) Transformative $25 million investment will advance cutting-edge science and scalable solutions to protect coral reefs worldwide During late July 2026, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced a transformative...Read More

Landing a drone on a moving ship is one of the hardest problems in unmanned aviation.  WaiV Robotics built a system that does it autonomously, without touching the drone itself. Drones have become a standard tool across the energy sector, handling pipeline inspections, flare stack monitoring and offshore platform surveys with growing efficiency. Yet one...Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee held a roundtable on July 21, 2026 to discuss marine safety programs. Watch a replay of the roundtable below or HERE. The panel comprised participating industry stakeholders who represented several types of vessel operators engaged in domestic commerce, and...Read More

Historic WWII submarine to undergo critical restoration for the first time in decades During early June 2026, the USS Silversides Submarine Museum announced the launch of a major dry dock preservation project for the USS Silversides (SS-236), one of the most decorated submarines of World War II. This significant effort will ensure the long-term preservation...Read More

Above:  The Chance LR30 returning from backscatter studies conducted with USF COMIT, where the vessel was outfitted with both a fisheries sonar and a bathymetric mapping sonar.  (Photo Credit:  Chance Maritime Technologies)   NOAA has purchased uncrewed marine systems to be used on new charting and mapping vessels being built for the agency that also...Read More

The USS Texas (BB-35), today known as “Battleship Texas,” is the world’s last surviving dreadnought battleship and the only U.S. naval ship to serve in both World Wars. Currently, the 112-year-old historic vessel is undergoing a massive multi-million-dollar hull restoration and will be permanently reopening as a museum at Pier 15 at the Gulf Copper...Read More

Pictured above:  Charleston’s waterfront now has a new, state-of-the-art floating pier. The new pier and facility will provide essential support to NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, (also pictured above top and bottom right, respectively) and NOAA Corps officers and civilian mariners who rely on safe, resilient waterfront infrastructure to execute scientific and...Read More

Senior maritime officials from 13 Caribbean Member States met in Georgetown, Guyana during late June 2026 for the Fifth Regional Meeting of Directors and Heads of Maritime Administrations (DIHMAR 5), reinforcing regional cooperation and advancing shared maritime priorities.  The meeting brought together Directors and Heads of Maritime Administrations, alongside representatives of regional organizations, development partners...Read More

Effective July 30, 2026, a new final U.S. Coast Guard rule revises marine casualty reporting criteria for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activities to focus on characteristics of the involved entity rather than location of the casualty. It will also raise the property damage dollar threshold (PDT) for reporting marine casualties involving fixed OCS facilities from...Read More

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will begin evaluating the potential for offshore launch and recovery infrastructure to expand America’s space capacity, enhance national security, and support long-term economic growth. Supporting the federal government’s goals to strengthen U.S. space leadership, launch capacity, re-entry, and recovery infrastructure, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the...Read More