USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

USCG assessing Shallow Draft Waterways ATON needs

The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an assessment of the Shallow Draft Waterway Systems, The Waterways Analysis and Management System (WAMS) study will help the Coast Guard to determine the Aids to

Mack Boring to supply OXE Diesel outboards to USCG

OXE distributor, Mack Boring & Parts Co., Somerset, N.J., is to supply four OXE Diesel Outboard units to the United States Coast Guard through a Defense Logistics Agency Tailored Logistics Support contract.

Scienco/FAST adds InTank BWTS to its product line

St. Louis, Mo., based water and wastewater treatment systems specialist Scienco/FAST has acquired the InTank Ballast Water Treatment System developed by Envirocleanse, a division of Charter Brokerage, LLC, a Berkshire Hathaway Company.

Phyllis Hardin becomes the first woman to chair the Arkansas Waterways Commission

The Arkansas Waterways Commission has appointed Phyllis Harden to succeed as Marty Shell as Chairman. Harden is primarily responsible for Legislative and Special Projects for Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company where

Eastern delivers second RApport 2400 Z-drive tug to Bisso Offshore

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., recently delivered the M/V A. Thomas Higgins, the second of two 80-foot 5,100 HP Z-drive tugs, to Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock gets dredging awards

GLDD wins USACE contracts worth $54.93 million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Oak Brook, Ill, was awarded two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracts, together worth $54.93 million, on July 14. The larger of the two was

Boston Ship Repair wins $16.5 million MSC contract

Boston Ship Repair LLC, Boston, Mass., has been awarded a $16,567,594 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220520C4002) for a 64-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S.

First in new Navy tug series features Furuno electronics

The first of the U.S. Navy’s new YT-808 tugs, recently successfully launched by shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries (DCI), Anacortes, Wash., is outfitted with a sophisticated package of Furuno Marine Electronics. YT-808 is

Shipbuilders Council announces safety award winners

Each year, the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipyard industry, honors shipbuilding and repair organizations with the “Excellence in Safety” Award and “Improvement in Safety” Award

New waterways profiles released for 17 states

The National Waterways Foundation (NWF) has commissioned and released waterways profiles for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia

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