Port of New Bedford

Mayor Jon Mitchell and representatives from Deepwater Wind announced plans to establish a significant construction and long-term operations center in the city on Friday.

The area's legislative delegation wants to see more state money spent on dredging New Bedford Harbor. Rep. Antonio Cabral, Senator Mark Montigny and others sent a letter to the Baker Administration on Thursday, urging that it loosen the purse-strings and free up funding for dredging...

The Director of Community Affairs for Governor Charlie Baker's Administration took a trip to the Whaling City on Friday and was provided a tour from Ward Four City Councilor Dana Rebeiro.

The Port of New Bedford announced a new international partnership with ImpactLABS and in result will join the Ocean Cluster Network.

BOSTON (AP) _ The sentencing of a fishing magnate dubbed ``The Codfather'' will have to wait until September. Carlos Rafael was indicted on more than two dozen counts, including tax evasion and falsifying fishing quotas, last year. Officials report his sentencing has been pushed back from Friday to Sept...

The Port of New Bedford is still the top-ranked fishing port in the United States, but commercial fishermen still face many issues. WBSM's Jim Phillips discusses those issues with John Quinn, the chairman of the New England Regional Fishery Management Council...

A new study finds the Port of New Bedford generates nearly ten billion dollars in total economic value. That's the finding of consultants Martin Associates and Apex Companies who were hired by the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission...

The arrest of prominent New Bedford fishing boat owner Carlos Rafael should not diminish the Port of New Bedford. That's the feeling of Mayor Jon Mitchell. "The port is much bigger than Carlos Rafael. Our port has a great reputation in the industry along the East Coast and this is not going to change matters at all...

The political slogan, 'Good Government', was used in English-speaking countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thomas Jefferson often referred to the term good government. In his opinion, the government ought to be judged by how well it meets its legitimate objectives...

The chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was in New Bedford Tuesday, meeting with fishermen, touring the port, and visiting the UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology. At SMAST, Administrator Kathryn Sullivan spoke about possible reasons behind shrinking groundfish stocks...