…  government vessels and provides new construction and industrial fabrication services for a wide variety of customers. Its customers include the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, the Washington State Ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway …

…  acres in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling, four coastal states — Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi — will get 37.5 …  get is a reprieve of sorts. The law, signed by President Bush on Dec. 20, extends until the year 2022 a buffer zone against drilling …

…  that the same barge has run aground in the same area, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. The self-propelled Kristin Poling ran aground …  Tugboats were nearby, poised to pull the barge. The cause of Friday’s incident is under investigation, McKenna said. It was unclear …

…  buildings, old cars and squalid camps packed with thousands of people waiting to return home after months of violence. But billions …  in largely untapped oil and gas reserves lie just off the coast of Asia’s newest and poorest nation. East Timor is zealously guarding …

…  vessels began using a southwestern Louisiana shipping channel on Friday for the first time …  last week and tapped the nation’s oil reserve. The U.S. Coast Guard allowed a limited number of ships to use the Calcasieu Ship Channel after …

…  brokers attributed to a shipping snag along the U.S. Gulf Coast that was having some impact on refinery operations. The Coast Guard …  Associated Press on Monday. Light sweet crude for August delivery climbed 93 cents to settle at $71.80 a barrel on the New York …