port cranes on ship

New container capacity to come on line at Georgia Ports

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is taking steps to speed up its planned addition of a further 1.6 million TEU of annual container capacity at the Port of Savannah. It says that

Sister dredge Magdalen

Royal IHC delivers key components for new Weeks dredge

The trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) R.B. Weeks, under construction for Weeks Marine Inc. at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton shipyard in Panama City, Fla., will feature an extensive range of Royal IHC designed

American Queen steamboat deck

Crewmember falls overboard from American Queen steamboat

The Coast Guard suspended its search December 2 for a man who fell overboard from the M/V American Queen a day prior near Mile 229 of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge,

Plan of LNG facility

New Louisiana LNG project to employ carbon capture technology

Venture Global LNG is to invest more than $10 billion in a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Cameron Parish, La., that will employ carbon capture and sequestration technology (CCS) to

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Kirby agrees to pay $15.3 million damages in oil spill case

In a case relating to a 2014 incident, Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine LP has agreed to pay $15.3 million in damages and assessment costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Doing so resolves

Maritime Partner's towboat M/V Ouizee underway

Maritime Partners acquires J. Russell Flowers 1,000+ vessels

Maritime Partners LLC, through its managed funds, has acquired from J. Russell Flowers Inc. and its affiliates (JRF), a diversified portfolio of over 1,000 marine vessels operating on bareboat charter. JRF’s fleet

Cruise ships at the Port of New Orleans

Cruises return to the Port NOLA with 285 ship calls for 2022

Both ocean-going and inland river cruises are scheduled to make a comeback at the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) in 2022. The arrival of the Norwegian Breakaway on November 21 at

Coast Guard cites fishing vessel operator for negligence on Columbia River

The Coast Guard issued a Notice of Violation to the owner and master aboard a 48-foot commercial fishing vessel for negligence while operating in conditions of restricted visibility and a failure to

M/V Johnathon Erickson on Upper Mississippi River

Upper Mississippi River navigation season comes to an end

The St. Paul Engineer District locked the last tow to depart St. Paul, Minn., November 23—ending the 2021 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River. Marquette Transportation‘s M/V Jonathan Erickson, pushing five

dredging contract awards St. Louis

Manson wins $16.9 million dredging contract

Manson Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $16,945,950 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Work will be performed in Saint Marys, Ga., with an estimated completion date of May 7, 2022.

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