Belle of Louisville gets a bail out
At its April 16 meeting, the Budget Committee of the Louisville, Ky., Metro Government voted to appropriate $725,000 to get the historic riverboat Belle of Louisville through the current fiscal year. The
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Chicago Harbor Lock reopens
The Chicago Engineer District reports that the Chicago Harbor Lock reopened April 15 after a five-month closure to reconstruct the north chamber wall. Normal lock operations are now in place. “Exploratory demolition
Vane Brothers adds 3,000 hp tug Cape Henry to fleet
Recently delivered by Chesapeake Shipbuilding and Naval Architects of Salisbury, Md., the 3,000-horsepower (hp) model bow tug Cape Henry is the eighteenth Maryland-built tug to join the fleet of Baltimore-based Vane Brothers.
Bollinger buys Gulf Island’s shipyard division for $28.6 million
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) today reported that it has sold the assets of its Shipyard Division along with certain long-term vessel construction contracts to Bollinger Shipyards LLC for approximately $28.6
VIDEO: Crowley designs electric tug with autonomous capabilities
Crowley Engineering Services has completed the design of the first fully electric U.S. tugboat with autonomous technology — providing operators a sustainable and high-performing solution for ship assist and harbor services in
DOT: $1 billion available in RAISE grants
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has announced that he U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY)
Crowley fuels ship assist tug with low carbon biofuel
Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading (US) Company (“STUSCO”) recently began using a low carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tugboat Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug serving the Bay of San
Two U.S.-flag ATBs now using Sea Machines wireless helms
Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics reports that its SM200 wireless helm system has been installed and is finding successful use aboard two sister U.S.-flag articulated tug barge (ATB) tugboats. Sea Machines’ dealer Rio
U.S. ports see silver linings despite pandemic
Earlier last month, Port Canaveral in Florida marked a historic milestone in the safe, reliable transportation and delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in North America as the Q-LNG 4000, a cutting-edge
Illinois makes $110 million available for public port improvements
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) yesterday announced that $110 million in funding from the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital plan is available to improve public ports across