After Years of Decline, Tugboat Industry Is Experiencing a Revival
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Never in the tugboat industryâs 170-year history has there been such demand for new equipment, according to a study.
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As the self-designated captain of a 93-year-old barge that he refurbished as a combined maritime museum and residence, David Sharps exemplifies the quirky charm of Red Hook, a history-steeped neighborhood on the Brooklyn waterfront.
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A tugboat which sank last month claiming the lives of three crewmen is being transported to a dock.
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Grotech Capital Group Inc.  is getting back into the fish business.
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Impact of reduced ice cover on Great Lakes is felt by numerous industries and coastal landowners.
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From floating houses to city seals on the loose, Floridians salvage stories from debris.
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A new initiative seeks to improve old products.
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Britain's network of navigable canals, the liquid highway of England's industrial revolution, is being revived after decades of disuse to help relieve commercial congestion on roads.
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After four years of painful decline, the area's telecommunications business is starting to come back.  Most new entries are getting by without the dollars that used to flow from venture capital funds or from going public.-The Washington Post
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Some hope the oil industry will prompt business and workers to return to the state, where the population peaked in 1930.
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Once a symbol of post-Soviet industrial decay, many are reviving and boosting local economies.
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Fishing is steady although the number of anglers going out has been down somewhat. Walleye can still be taken most anywhere, but you have to work for it.  Dropping water levels have led to unusable ramps.
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The rising economic tide is lifting a bunch of yachts, but leaving those in simple boats just bobbing along.
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By Gina Macris, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Mar. 7--PORTSMOUTH -- It's been more than a quarter of a century since  the Weyerhauser Co. brought ashore the last loads of lumber at its 44-acre  terminal on Narragansett Bay and sawed it up for sale to local distributors.
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A Navy-backed dredging operation to clear bottom mud from around the USS Intrepid is complete, and high-powered tugboats are ready to drag the historic aircraft carrier from its Hudson River mooring, but there is no word when the ship will be moved to a New Jersey dry dock for a two-year overhaul.
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Below the deck of his shrimp boat, W.G. Smith recounts the story of his big catch more than 40 years ago.
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Oil at more than $90 a barrel is concentrating minds in the shipping industry. Higher fuel costs and mounting pressure to curb emissions are leading modern merchant fleets to rediscover the ancient power of the sail.