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Topic: Marine commerce

A line of people on a pier holding scissors just before cutting a long white ribbon studded with NOAA logos.

NOAA and partners cut ribbon on new pier, port facility in Charleston, South Carolina

July 8, 2026

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Marine & Aviation

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marine commerce

nautical charts and maps

A line of people on a pier holding scissors just before cutting a long white ribbon studded with NOAA logos.

A red container ship docked at Massports Conley Container Terminal on Boston Harbor in 2024.

NOAA installs new PORTS® in Boston Harbor

February 17, 2026

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marine commerce

A red container ship docked at Massports Conley Container Terminal on Boston Harbor in 2024.

Photo of a container shipdocted in the Port of Oakland, California. (NOAA National Ocean Service photo)

U.S. marine economy continues to empower American prosperity

June 5, 2025

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marine commerce

coastal economies

Photo of a container shipdocted in the Port of Oakland, California. (NOAA National Ocean Service photo)

The Navy's USS Halsey performs a Pass-in-Review during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at Kilo Pier on December 07, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

NOAA’s PORTS® system to improve maritime safety in Pearl Harbor-Honolulu

May 28, 2025

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marine commerce

The Navy's USS Halsey performs a Pass-in-Review during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at Kilo Pier on December 07, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Current meter equipment installed on U.S. Coast Guard Lighted Buoy 6 along the Freeport entrance channel.

The fastest-growing port in Texas just got even safer

October 4, 2022

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marine commerce

Current meter equipment installed on U.S. Coast Guard Lighted Buoy 6 along the Freeport entrance channel.

Aerial view of Naval Base Kitsap - Bremerton, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Marine navigation system to increase safety, commerce in Northwest

June 13, 2022

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marine commerce

Aerial view of Naval Base Kitsap - Bremerton, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

Podcast: Surveying in the Great Lakes

May 26, 2022

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marine commerce

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

Growth in shipping traffic is a key contributor to the increase in chronic background underwater noise that can affect marine mammals like the whales shown here.

Media briefing: Listening to a quieter ocean during the pandemic

December 7, 2020

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marine commerce

Growth in shipping traffic is a key contributor to the increase in chronic background underwater noise that can affect marine mammals like the whales shown here.

Cargo ship enters PortMiami.

Get to know Precision Marine Navigation

July 15, 2020

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marine commerce

Cargo ship enters PortMiami.

A container ship enters the shipping channel at Port Miami.

Real-time data helps Miami seaport safely bring in ships

April 6, 2018

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marine commerce

A container ship enters the shipping channel at Port Miami.

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