Coast Guard marks start of Northeast icebreaking season

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Shackle, a 65’ small harbor tug, breaks ice Jan. 10, 2018 near Logan International Airport in Boston Harbor. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Andrew Barresi.

Coast Guard crews are ready this week to start the Northeast icebreaking season, as a cold shot of lower temperatures and wind swept the region.

Freezing conditions are anticipated to affect every Northeast port and waterway, according to officials at the Coast Guard First District headquarters in Boston, who said Monday they were starting up the annual Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters (OpRENEW).

With the New England states and New York heavily reliant on home heating oil – more...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-marks-start-of-northeast-icebreaking-season/

Offshore wind energy cable base planned for New England

A rendering of a planned cable service base for offshore wind energy. JDR Cable Systems image.

Subsea power provider JDR Cable Systems and McAllister Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. are planning to develop a cable service base in the northeast United States to serve the emerging offshore wind energy industry.

The facility would include an integrated cable training center to develop the workforce that will be needed to link offshore wind turbine arrays and the regional energy grids as wind power companies develop their federal leases off southern New England.

In announcing a memorandum...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-wind-energy-cable-base-planned-for-new-england/

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