Following a nationwide search, Port Houston has made two key leadership appointments, naming Eric Casey its chief operating officer (COO) and Parker Harrison as as its Incoming chief legal officer (CLO). Casey
The U.S. Coast Guard announced yesterday it will invest nearly $350 million to expand robotics and autonomous systems, a move aimed at enhancing maritime operations, improving safety, and strengthening the service’s ability
Senior leadership from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Surface Acquisitions and Contracting divisions visited Birdon America’s shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, this week as part of a Gulf Coast tour focused on
On Monday, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) toured Corn Island Shipyard in Spencer County, Indiana, to learn more about its operations, workforce, and manufacturing of custom barges. Earlier this year, Young and
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) and Rotterdam-based KOTUG Training & Consultancy (KTC) have renewed their strategic partnership to expand world-class maritime training opportunities for U.S. mariners. SCI, through its Center for Maritime
One of the best-known names in U.S. maritime has a new owner. Hillside, N.J.-headquartered Donjon Marine Co. LLC has been acquired by Miami-based Tallvine Partners, an independent investment advisor focused on value-add
A unified command is responding to the sinking of the Dominion, a 1944-built wooden former U.S. Army tug, in Bremerton Marina, Bremerton, Wash. The unified command consists of the Coast Guard and
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Stealth Solutions Inc. a blanket purchase agreement to modernize the service’s Mariner Credentialing Program (MCP) information technology system The Coast Guard notes that the MCP is
Everett Ship Repair LLC (ESR), Everett, Wash., has just announced the acquisition of the floating dry dock, Hercules. The dry dock was towed from San Diego (where it previously operated as the
Tuscaloosa, Ala.based Parker Towing Company Inc. reports that it has promoted Zebulon “Zeb” Duco-Moore to vice president of operations and senior port captain. In this new role, Duco-Moore will be responsible for
