Industry again battles DPF mandate

AWO urges speedy signature of California AB 1122 to protect mariner safety

The California legislature has now passed Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains’ measure (AB 1122) that would prevent the California Air Resources Board (CARB) from enforcing a potentially deadly requirement in its harbor craft

Uncle Blue after sinking

Poor hull condition led to $500,000 flooding of 59-year old towboat Uncle Blue

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a March 26, 2023, incident in which, at about 0500 local time, the towing vessel Uncle Blue began flooding when towing one

The M/V John 3:16 underway on an unknown date before the contact. (Source: Marquette Transportation)

Fatigue factor in towboat pier allision says NTSB

The pilot of a towboat that hit a pier near Saint Rose, La., last year had fallen asleep, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said August 21. The pilot of the M/V

Once completed, the HNC Lock Complex will span 110 feet across and 800 feet in length with sector gates on either side, directly adjacent to the existing 250-foot-wide Bubba Dove barge floodgate.

Groundbreaking held for Phase 2 of HNC Lock Complex

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, alongside the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal, state, and local leaders, has officially broken ground on Phase

The Pittsburgh District constructed a new lock chamber and control tower at the John P. Murtha Locks and Dam in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, as part of the Lower Monongahela River Project. (Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)

Pittsburgh District to host renaming ceremony for Locks and Dam 4

The Pittsburgh Engineer District will host a ribbon-cutting and renaming ceremony for Locks and Dam 4 on the Monongahela River near Charleroi, Pa., August 28. The ceremony celebrates the culmination of a

The Detroit Engineer District will begin dredging St. Joseph Harbor this week, August 1, 2024. The Lake Michigan shoreline in St. Joseph is seen in this 2023 image of dredging placement. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

Corps begins dredging St. Joseph Harbor

The Detroit Engineer District will begin dredging 29,500 cubic yards of shoaling near the entrance to St. Joseph Harbor this week and conclude in late August.   The Corps maintains about 1.5

Jennifer Carpenter

Podcast: Jennifer Carpenter helps lead maritime to success

In this episode of Marine Log’s Listen Up! Podcast, we once again talk to Jennifer Carpenter, president of American Maritime Partnership (AMP). When we last talked to Jennifer, it was under her

4,200 hp towing vessel on water

Cooper Marine adds 4,200 hp towing vessel to its fleet

Mobile, Ala, Cooper Marine has added the 4,200 hp towing vessel M/V David J. Cooper Jr. to its fleet. Acquired from Turn Services, and formerly named American Pharaoh, the newly added vessel

Waterways Commerce Cutters

Birdon America gets $14.75 million contract to kick off WWC construction

Birdon America Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Coast Guard long lead time materials contract worth approximately $14.75 million to enable construction to begin on the first two vessels to be built

Jody Peacock (left), CEO of Ports of Indiana, and Wim Dillen, International Development Manager for Port of Antwerp-Bruges, shake hands on July 17.

Ports of Indiana, Port of Antwerp-Bruges partner to pursue container trade and more

Representatives from Ports of Indiana and Port of Antwerp-Bruges met in Antwerp July 17 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance key economic and environmental port initiatives. The landmark agreement

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