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US Watercraft licensed to build SeaArk Marine portfolio

Hubert, N.C., based US Watercraft reports that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to utilize the complete SeaArk Marine portfolio of commercial fire fighting, military, survey, and work boats. Located

Belle of Louisville gets a bail out

At its April 16 meeting, the Budget Committee of the Louisville, Ky., Metro Government voted to appropriate $725,000 to get the historic riverboat Belle of Louisville through the current fiscal year. The

Chicago Harbor Lock reopens

The Chicago Engineer District reports that the Chicago Harbor Lock reopened April 15 after a five-month closure to reconstruct the north chamber wall. Normal lock operations are now in place. “Exploratory demolition

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Bollinger buys Gulf Island’s shipyard division for $28.6 million

Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) today reported that it has sold the assets of its Shipyard Division along with certain long-term vessel construction contracts to Bollinger Shipyards LLC for approximately $28.6

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DOT: $1 billion available in RAISE grants

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has announced that he U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY)

U.S. ports see silver linings despite pandemic

Port NOLA Sees Downtime Improvements While there is no doubt that COVID-19 has shuttered cruising operations around the world, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Market Manager Jessica Ragusa says that

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Illinois makes $110 million available for public port improvements

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) yesterday announced that $110 million in funding from the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital plan is available to improve public ports across

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VIDEO: One dead, 12 missing following lift boat capsize

The Coast Guard is continuing to search for possible survivors following the capsizing yesterday of the 129-foot SEACOR Marine lift boat SEACOR Power in a storm, when it was 8 miles south

DSC Dredge makes design improvements to Marlin Class

Reserve, La., based DSC Dredge has made design improvements to its best selling Marlin Class dredge. The Marlin Class underwater pump mining dredge is designed to meet the needs of deep mining

Largest hopper dredge in U.S. will have Wabtec diesels

The 15,000-cubic-yard self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge on order at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, for Manson Construction Co. will be powered by five Wabtec V250MDC marine diesel engines (three

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