MacGregor reports that it has received an order to deliver container lashing systems for twelve 23,500+ TEU container vessels for Hapag-Lloyd. The vessels will be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Seattle, Wash., based MER Equipment reports that Bill Forslund has joined it as business development manager. Family-owned MER Equipment is a specialist in the custom building of marine & industrial generators, power
California State University Maritime Academy has appointed Samaro Bannister-Schneider to serve as interim captain of its Training Ship Golden Bear (TSGB). A 2000 graduate of Cal Maritime’s Marine Transportation (MT) program, she
Jon Rodriguez assumed the role of chief financial officer (CFO) at Seattle, Wash., based Manson Construction Co. effective August 15, 2022, becoming Manson’s third CFO in the last 30 years. “Jon is
“The Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet was comprised of hundreds of private transport companies’ steamers and sternwheelers that worked the waterways of Puget Sound between 1830s to 1930s. Before roads, the area relied
The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI), a Houston-based specialist in the design of inland towboats, ferries and barges, reports that Ryan Hentschel has joined the firm as a naval architect. Hentschel holds a
In operation since 1992, the Mobile Engineer District’s Irvington site office in Irvington, Alabama is a navigation office under the district’s operations division. The Irvington team consists of an Admin Section, a
Ingram Barge Company has made a $1 million gift to the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) in support of its Ministry on the River campaign. With a fleet of over 140 towboats, 4,000
ZF Marine Propulsion Systems has hired George Lewis as the new head of product line commercial-fast craft, North/Central America and the Caribbean. He reports to Wolfgang Schmid, ZF’s Industrial Division Head for
Viking River Cruises’ much-anticipated Jones Act compliant river cruise ship Viking Mississippi is currently on its inaugural cruise and attracting much local media attention along the way. Floated out from Edison Chouest