NTSB reports on $2 million barge breakaway incident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the March 28, 2023, barge breakaway incident in an 11 barges under tow struck the Vane Dike mooring cell at the
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the March 28, 2023, barge breakaway incident in an 11 barges under tow struck the Vane Dike mooring cell at the
The members of the American Waterways Operators elected a new slate of leaders last week during the association’s Spring Convention and Annual Membership Meeting. Kelly Teichman, executive chairman, T&T Marine, was elected
More than $77 million in infrastructure and expansion projects are now being developed at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor as a record construction season kicks off in the Lake Michigan port. Major projects
Representatives of the St. Louis, Mo., region’s world-class multimodal freight network and the barge industry were featured panelists last week at FreightWeekSTL 2024 and shared details on the latest trends in freight
New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company recently repowered two of its towboats with Laborde Products Inc. (Covington, La.) solutions. The first vessel project, the M/V Ned Merrick, featured the replacement of the vessel’s
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened a towboat May 2 in the Port of Decatur after it was delivered to them nearly a year ago. The 60- by 24- by 8-foot M/V
Louisiana-based stevedoring company Associated Terminals announced that its management group has purchased S.H. Bell Company and its subsidiaries. S.H. Bell will continue to operate independently in its existing trade, and the existing
The St. Paul Engineer District has awarded a $31.7 million contract to LS Marine Inc., of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., to conduct mechanical dredging operations in support of channel maintenance within the
Maritime Partners LLC should face fewer regulatory problems than some other innovators in getting its innovative Hydrogen One towboat into actual service. It has received a Design Basis Agreement (“DBA”) from the
The Ports of Indiana announced on April 23 that United Steel Supply LLC will invest up to $10 million at its Jeffersonville, Ind., location to open a steel processing and painting facility.