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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.”

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 UK's top defense shipbuilders trying new ways to solve persistent gaps between the workforce they have and the workforce they need, like introducing top-notch automation and creating new entry-level opportunities.