Bouchard Transportation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Privately-held Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., the largest independently-owned ocean-going petroleum barge company in the U.S., said today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions to restructure under Chapter

Q&A: Lake Carriers’ Association President James Weakley

ML: What can you tell us about the recent Illinois River lock closures and how that’s impacted Great Lakes shipping, if at all? JW: The Illinois River lock closures have not had

Myrick Marine Contracting puts new barge and crane to work

Myrick Marine Contracting Corporation, Savannah, Ga., put a newly acquired floating crane package to work this summer. The 130 foot long by 60 foot wide and 8 foot tall spud barge, named

Luedtke Engineering to dredge Green Bay Harbor

The Wisconsin Domestic Maritime Coalition reports that Luedtke Engineering Company has returned to Green Bay Harbor for the fourth time in the last five years to complete maintenance dredging of the federal

LAD Services delivers walking spud dredge barge

The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI) reports that LAD Services of Louisiana has delivered a 200- by 60-foot walking spud dredge barge. LAD Services contracted TSGI to develop the design of the barge

Houston sees pick up in container activity

Port Houston’s container activity in August neared 2019’s record volume levels for the first time since the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the month of August, the port handled 248,630 TEUs,

Manson orders what will be largest U.S. hopper dredge

Seattle, Wash., based Manson Construction Co. has contracted with Keppel AmFELS to build a 15,000 cu.yd self-propelled hopper dredge at its Brownsville, Texas, shipyard, that will be the largest in operation in

VIDEO: Savannah welcomes largest box ship to ever call the U.S. East Coast

The Port of Savannah today welcomed the 15,072 TEU CMA CGM Brazil, the largest ship to ever call the U.S. East Coast. A total of 5,600 TEU of containers will be moved

Mississippi River Ship Channel deepening gets underway

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officially kicked off the historic deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet on September 11, as Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge Captain Frank

Next Generation Shipping Act reintroduced

Senators seek to increase USCG Great Lakes icebreaking

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission

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