Seaway System reports strong 2020 season

U.S. and Canadian ports in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system reported that overall tonnage during the 2020 navigation season was down just 1.7% compared to the 2019 navigation season, despite facing

Marine Log to hold second virtual TTB event in March

Registration is now open for Marine Log’s annual TTB—Tugs, Towboats & Barges conference, the only event dedicated exclusively to the tug, towboat and barge segments of the U.S. maritime transportation industry. The

NTSB report report implicates bank effect

NTSB reports on contact of tanker with multiple vessels on Lower Mississippi

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident in which a fully laden product tanker plowed into moored vessels, barges and wharves causing some $40.5 million of damages.

TTB: What to do when the bottom falls out: Everything you hope you’ll never need to know about restructuring

In the past year, the tug and barge industry has seen one of its biggest names wind up in a bankruptcy case that’s been anything but a neatly prepackaged restructuring. Others have

Great Lakes bulker successfully retrofitted for automatic dock-to-dock operation

MV American Courage, a 634 foot, 10 inch long Great Lakes self-unloading bulker, is the largest ship ever to perform automatic dock-to-dock operation. This follows a decision by its owner —American Steamship

Carpenter writes newssom on harbor craft rule

AWO’s Jennifer Carpenter to speak at TTB

Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), will be among the industry leaders speaking at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB—Tugs, Towboats, & Barges conference, which this year will be

Great Lakes Dredge books contracts worth over $60 million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) today reported the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $60.9 million that will be included in the company’s year-end 2020 backlog number. The awarded

Custom Dredge Works delivers new electric chain-ladder aggregates dredge

Topeka, Kan.-based Custom Dredge Works (CDW) recently delivered a new 14 inch, electric powered, chain ladder dredge to Legacy Materials. Located in Booneville, Iowa, just outside of West Des Moines, Legacy Materials

Michigan and Illinois agree to advance invasive carp prevention project

The governors of Illinois and Michigan have agreed to work jointly to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp species. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have announced

USACE St. Paul District to close 4 locks and dams

USACE: CWIFP gets first funding

The omnibus spending measure signed into law December 27, 2020, included the FY 2021 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Under the act, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

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