As Alaska tourism increases so will the demand for trained, licensed maritime personnel, including pilots, for navigation on the Inside Passage. A new University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) scholarship endowment will help
The Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB) reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2020 minimum random drug testing rate at 50% of covered crew members. The minimum random
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. says that it expects its common stock to commence trading on the OTC Pink marketplace (“OTC Pink”), effective December 23, 2019. The transition comes after the New York
Port Angeles, Wash., based Armstrong Marine USA has been selected to construct a custom passenger ferry for the community of Hat Island, Wash. The 49-passenger USCG Subchapter T vessel features a galley,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is going ahead with changes in its interpretations of the Jones Act that it first proposed October 23. causing considerable concern in some areas of the
The Waterways Council, Inc., (WCI) reports that Congress has passed the Fiscal Year 2020 Energy and Water Development (E&WD) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The House passed the bill on December 17
Operators of a broad range of vessels will be among the speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) event. Among the latest operator speakers to be confirmed is Capt.
Edison Chouest Offshore, Cut Off, La., has been awarded a $7,576,200 modification to a previously awarded Navy contract that exercises the second 12 month option for the maritime support vessel MV Carolyn
Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB (Tugs, Towboats, Barges) event will include Tim Pickering of MARAD’s Office of Ports & Waterways and Rich Teubner, Vice President of SEACOR AMH, who will look
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an October 2018 incident in which a barge pushed by an ARTCO towboat slammed into a grain terminal causing extensive damage. According