FY 21 budget cuts would put vital waterways projects on hold

Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) reacted to the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget request released yesterday, calling it “astonishingly inadequate.” The FY21 budget provides $0 for construction of ongoing priority navigation projects

Wärtsilä gains DNV GL type approval for SceneScan position reference system

DNV GL has granted type approval to Wärtsilä’s SceneScan, the world’s first laser-based target-less relative dynamic positioning (DP) reference system. Marking what Wärtsilä calls “a paradigm shift” from conventional DP reference systems,

Former Austal USA execs face multiple charges

Schulte to pay $1.75 million in Hawaii pollution case

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Singapore) Pte Ltd. yesterday pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel

A.W. McAfee named managing director of Resolve Alaska

Resolve Marine Group has named A.W. McAfee as the new managing director of its northwest operating arm, Resolve Alaska, based in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. McAfee comes to Resolve from the Bechtel Corporation

Shane Guidry to remain Harvey Gulf CEO until 2027

New Orleans, La., headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine reports that it has signed an agreement with its CEO, Shane Guidry, to remain at Harvey until January 1, 2027. In connection with the

Rand Logistics to buy American Steamship

GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) today announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement for the sale of its American Steamship Company (ASC) business to Rand Logistics, Inc. for a purchase price

Intracoastal Waterway reopened following salvage of sunken rock barge

The U.S. Coast Guard reported Friday that it had reopened the Intracoastal Waterway near Berwick, Louisiana, to vessel traffic after completion of salvage operations involving the rock barge, ACL 01700 which sank

ACL files for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court

As expected, Jeffersonville, Ind., headquartered American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL), one of America’s largest barge transportation companies, on Friday, voluntarily filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in

Lake Assault Boats to deliver two patrol craft to the U.S. Army

Superior, Wis., based Lake Assault Boats will deliver the first of two 35-foot patrol vessels to the U.S. Army’s Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) base in Brunswick County, N.C., later this

Coronavirus scare delays Anthem of the Seas sailing by one day

Royal Caribbean today delayed the next sailing of its Anthem of the Seas from Bayonne, N.J. by one day. The cruise line made the move after morning TV newscasts showed passengers being

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