Guilford, Conn., headquartered American Cruise Lines is to launch two additional modern riverboats for the 2021 season. Construction is already underway on the new riverboats and will ramp up as American Jazz,
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise has launched a new training hub that allows industry compliance officers or operators, Third Party Organization representatives, and Coast Guard marine inspectors
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the sinking of the 1968-built towing vessel Tom Bussler, owned by McGinnis Equipment Company, Inc. and operated by National Maintenance & Repair
Baltimore, Md., headquartered Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the Annapolis, the second of four 3,000-horsepower Salisbury Class push tugs under construction for the company by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Shipbuilders and Naval Architects
In her first year as president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), Jennifer Carpenter, who began her term last month, says she has a lot of ground to cover with
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District reports that its Work Plan for the 2020 fiscal year includes $102 million in funding for its civil works program, the largest amount
The Executive Committee of Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) has named Deb Calhoun (WCI Senior Vice President) as WCI Interim President/CEO, effective February 18, 2020. WCI President/CEO Michael J. Toohey recently announced his
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (Nasdaq:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, today reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2019. Fourth Quarter
Bouchard Transportation’s problems continue to mount. In addition to being the subject of multiple Captain of the Port Orders (see earlier story), the company faces a lawsuit brought on behalf of several
Melville, New York-based Bouchard Transportation Co. issued a statement February 14 in response to the news that it had been issued an order by the Coast Guard Captain of the Port of
