As Marine Log gets its annual TTB 2022 (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) event underway next week, guests will have a unique opportunity to tour Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., one of the
On March 30—Day 2 of Marine Log’s TTB 2022 conference for the tug, towboat and barge industry—three expert panelists will discuss ways in which the tug, towboat and barge industry can better
As we approach TTB 2022, the industry’s only maritime event dedicated exclusively to the tug, towboat and barge sector, we wanted to talk to a barge and towboat operator. We already talked
Chesapeake Shipbuilding’s Salisbury, Md., shipyard last week launched American Symphony, the fifth vessel in American Cruise Lines modern riverboat class. American Symphony will begin cruising the Mississippi River in August 2022. Construction
The World Trade Center New Orleans (WTCNO) reports that Sean M. Duffy Sr., executive director of Big River Coalition, and executive vice president of Louisiana Maritime Association, will be the recipient of
The Buffalo Engineer District has awarded a $5.98 million contract to Michigan-based Walsh Service Solutions. The award covers dredging of the federal navigation channel in Cleveland Harbor. “Maintaining the operation of our
Maritime Partners held a christening ceremony last month for the M/V Emily Webber towboat, the seventh of nine vessels the company is building at Intracoastal Iron Works in Bourg, La. The towboat
Last month, the James Marine group of companies purchased TT Barge Cleaning Mile 183 LLC and TT Barge Services Mile 237 LLC from TT Barge Service, Donaldsonville, La. “TT 183 and TT
The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has issued its report on a March 2021 incident in which an engineroom fire broke out aboard the 1956-built towboat, Miss Dorothy, owned and operated by
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to activate Phase