Marine Highways and COB will be in focus at TTB
Speakers at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB (Tugs, Towboats, Barges) event will include Tim Pickering of MARAD’s Office of Ports & Waterways and Rich Teubner, Vice President of SEACOR AMH, who will look
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NTSB reports on costly barge contact with grain terminal
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an October 2018 incident in which a barge pushed by an ARTCO towboat slammed into a grain terminal causing extensive damage. According
Tugboat captain’s license suspended
Coast Guard Sector Virginia took expedited action to suspend the Merchant Mariner Credential of a tugboat captain on Dec. 4 after it was determined that he was operating the vessel under the
Kyle Buese named President of Campbell Transportation
Pittsburgh, Pa., based Campbell Transportation Company, Inc., is promoting Kyle Buese to the role of President effective January 1, 2020. Buese, who has been the Executive Vice President of inland marine transportation
Callan Marine launches 32” cutter dredge
Galveston, Texas, based dredging contractor Callan Marine recently launched the General MacArthur, one of the largest cutter suction dredges in the U.S. market, at the C&C Shipyard in Belle Chasse, La. At
Eastern delivers seventieth towboat in long running FMT series
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, Fla., has delivered the M/V Jaden Pasentine (Hull 200) the seventieth in the long series of inland towboats that the company has been building for Florida
Golding Barge Line expanding Vicksburg operations
The Mississippi Development Authority reports that inland water transportation company Golding Barge Line is expanding operations in Vicksburg. The project is a $20-million corporate investment and will create 25 jobs. “Mississippi’s transportation
Seamen’s Church Institute hosts River Bell Awards Luncheon
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has presented its prestigious River Bell Award to Delbert R. Wilkins of Illinois Marine Towing. The award was presented December 5, 2019 at SCI’s 20th Annual River
Q-LNG’s Chad Verret joins TTB speaker line-up
A new breed of cutting-edge Jones Act LNG bunkering vessels is under development and Marine Log’s TTB event will include a presentation by Chad Verret, President of Q-LNG Transport, which is building
Biblia Marine to add 500-ton floating dry dock
Mystic, Conn., based JMS Naval Architects is designing a 500-ton lift capacity floating dry dock for Biblia Marine Towing and Transportation of Savannah, Ga. With its fleet of tugs and barges, Biblia