As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The U.S. marine sector generated $777 billion in sales, supported 2.4 jobs and accounted for $476 billion in economic impact in 2022, according to data released June 6 by NOAA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Washington State Ferries (WSF) has taken another big step forward in its electrification plans. It has now invited shipyards from across the U.S. to bid on building five new hybrid-electric ferries, each capable of carrying 160 vehicles.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Shipbuilder Vigor has begun low rate initial production (LRIP) on the Maneuver Support Vehicle (Light)(MSV(L)) vessel at its facility in Vancouver, Wash. The new generation 117’x28’ U.S. Army landing craft is replacing the Landing Craft Mechanized 8 (LCM-8), a design that now dates back decades to the Vietnam War era of the 1960s-70s. Vigor, a Titan company, completed and launched the prototype vessel, SSG Elroy F. Wells, in 2022. The next phase of the $1 billion contract will employ more than 180 skilled workers to support the project over the next five years, according to Vigor officials.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. After seeing the highest sales volume in 20 years in 2020, demand for outboard engines remained steady in 2022 as unit sales surpassed 300,000 for the third consecutive year, reaching 305,900 units, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA).

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Northline Seafoods announced the successful completion of the “Hannah,” a state-of-the-art seafood platform that will start operating in Bristol Bay, Alaska, during the 2024 salmon fishing season. The vessel’s departure from Bellingham’s Fairhaven Shipyard on Saturday, May 25th, marks the successful completion of this more than three-year project, which included 15 months of construction. The Hannah is expected to arrive in Dillingham between June 5 - 8.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. La Conner, Wash., sits about an hour north of Seattle, nestled amid Fidalgo Island’s tulip fields and across the Swinomish Channel from the Swinomish Reservation. This boatbuilding hub with stunning views of Mount Baker has been home to American Tug for a quarter century. Even after a recent expansion, the builder’s order book runneth over. Seven boats were finished in 2023, with another 10 poised to launch this year. The yard has around 33 employees with aspirations for 45 to 48 skilled workers.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. MAN Cryo will supply some of the key technology in the two giant hydrogen-fueled ferries on order for Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten Nord. With a length of 117 meter and a capacity of up to 120 cars, they will be the world’s largest hydrogen fueled ferries and will operate on Norway’s longest ferry route between Bodø and Lofoten, with a distance of around 166 kilometer.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Brix Marine, Port Angeles, Wash., delivered the new 46'x16'x4'9" aluminum workboat Jackpot Bay to Chenega Corp., Anchorage, Alaska. Chenega Corp. is a Native village corporation headquartered in Anchorage, but the village of Chenega and its traditional Native lands are located on a remote island in the southwestern corner of Prince William Sound, about 120 miles southeast of Anchorage.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The Chamber of Marine Commerce reports that early tonnage figures show a strong start for the 66th Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season demonstrating the resilience, predictability, and sustainability of the binational system.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Today, the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, recognizes the critical importance of the economic and national security benefits the 650,000 men and women of American Maritime deliver to the nation.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. With an eye toward the growing global power of China, Congress has crafted a new National Maritime Strategy that among other things recommends continued modernization of the inland waterways system, expansion of mariner training programs and investments in U.S. shipyards.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. An eelgrass planting project at Ediz Hook in Port Angeles Harbor is kicking off, expanding forage and shelter for many fish species in the harbor.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. On May 14, 2024, a well-known Bering Sea crab vessel sank at a dock on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle. F/V North American had partially sunk alongside a pier on the south side of the canal, which is east of the Ballard Bridge.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The following article reports that Suzuki increased net sales at 15.8% year-over-year, though the marine segment was down 16.6%.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The following article is the announcement of the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Seattle based naval architect firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) with Kirkland, Wash., headquartered ioCurrents (IOC), a data analytics specialist with a focus on maritime fleet optimization. Under the agreement, EBDG and IOC will explore new ideas for collecting and evaluating operating and performance data to reduce vessel costs and emissions and yield other potential benefits to the maritime industry.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Representative Mike Walz (R.-Fla.) along with Senator Marco Rubio (R.-Fla,) and Representative John Garamendi (D-Calif.), have released a roadmap for revitalizing the U.S. maritime sector. Entitled “Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy” it provides a comprehensive vision for planning guidance, strategic objectives, and actionable steps to revitalize the U.S. maritime sector.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The following article is about the Gougeon brothers and how they reformulated epoxy to create today’s top brands West System and Pro-Set.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The following article is the announcement of All American Marine (AAM) and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, delivery of an innovative research vessel on behalf of the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). This state-of-the-art research vessel is a 68.5’ x 25’ semi-displacement aluminum catamaran hull is developed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design in Auckland, New Zealand.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The following article is in reference to the unveiling of the first 100% electric, zero-emission tugboats that are to service clients at the Port of Vancouver starting this spring.

As part of our Career Connect Washington Maritime Sector ongoing work, we actively track, document, and inform about emerging technologies and trends. The following article is in reference to the atrophy of America’s shipbuilding capabilities. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro warns the current level of shipyard capability is “wholly inadequate to pace our 21st-century competitors.”