Damen takes the wraps of new compact ASD tug
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled the latest vessel in its Compact Tugs product platform, adding the 21.02 meter long ASD Tug 2111 to the ASD Tug 2312 in the line up. “As
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Port of Seattle commissions third shore power system at Pier 66
The “world’s first” port with three ship shore power systems for cruise liners to turn off diesel engines and connect to shoreside electricity to reduce emissions. By Del Williams, Technical Writer The
New Orleans Steamboat Company charged with CWA violation
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Steamboat Company (NOSC), was charged on May 26, 2023, with violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) in connection
GLDD awarded $157.4 million Freeport Harbor Channel contract
The largest provider of dredging services in the U.S., Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, (GLDD) Houston, Texas, has been awarded a $157,399,830 firm-fixed-price contract for new and maintenance hopper dredging
Op-Ed: Are ports exposed when it comes to marine insurance?
By Edward McNamara, CEO of Armada Risk Partners, a Cleveland U.S.-based port insurance broker One of the biggest challenges to the marine industry post-COVID is that the marine insurance industry is more
Partnering is key to keeping river traffic moving
With low water levels alternating with flood conditions to disrupt operations on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers in recent years, those creating plans and policies to keep river traffic moving are finding
Maryland Pilots order second Baltimore class pilot launch
The Association of Maryland Pilots has ordered a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Piloting the Chesapeake Bay since 1852, the Association of Maryland Pilots is the oldest state-codified organization
Four St. Louis regional ports invest for the future
Investments underway or planned at four ports in the St. Louis, Mo., area are supported by an influx of federal and state funding that underscores the growing importance of inland ports in
Corps releases navigation notice for MKARNS lock
Yesterday, the U.S. Corps of Engineers released a navigation notice saying that mariners should expect to experience intermittent delays at James W. Trimble Lock (No. 13) at Mile 292.8 of the McClellan-Kerr
VIDEO: Liebherr crawler cranes go to work on Gulf dredging projects
The Liebherr Group reports that two of its customers are putting its HS 8300 duty cycle crawler crane to the test on two large-scale U.S. Gulf coast dredging projects that are 350