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Marine News August 2024 • Volume 35 Number 8

Contents

Features 24 Reopening the Channel:

Heroes, Partners A look back at how government and private sector partners quickly banded together to clear the Fort

McHenry Federal Channel in the wake of the fatal 24

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

By Tom Ewing 30 Is US Shipbuilding Entering a New Age?

There have been a number of recent positive trends in U.S. shipbuilding, but are they enough to reverse the industry’s long, slow decline?

By Barry Parker

Edison Chouest Offshore Christine Montgomery / U.S. Navy 30 4 Editor’s Note 16 Maritime Implications of Recent 36 Tech Files: Shipyard Tools Supreme Court Rulings

By Jeff Vogel, Cozen O’Connor 6 Authors 39 Vessels 8 By the Numbers: 19 Our National Maritime 42 People & Company News Small Shipyard Grants Strategy Needs to Empower 43 Products Tier 2 Shipyards

By Joey D’Isernia, Eastern Shipbuilding Group 10 Insights: Naval Architects 44 Editorial Calendar Roundtable with Morgan 22 America Must Renew its Fanberg, Glosten; Robert Ekse, 46 Classi? ed Advertising Commitment to Maritime Elliott Bay Design Group; and

By Jennifer Carpenter, American Wade Carson, Vard Marine

Waterways Operators 48 Advertisers Index

By Eric Haun

On the Cover

U.S. shipbuilding is gaining attention in the public arena as calls intensify for renewed efforts to bolster the sector amid growing threats overseas. (Photo: Philly Shipyard) 2 | MN August 2024