USCG issues revisions to user fees for inspected towing vessels
As published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2023, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is updating its user fees for seagoing towing vessels that are 300 gross tons or more and
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Errin Howard joins IRPT as career development program director
Errin Howard, former executive director of RiverWorks Discovery and a Top Women in Maritime 2022 winner, recently joined Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) as its career development program director. In an
AWO and Vane Brothers Rick Iuliucci to keynote TTB 2024
Capt. Rick Iuliucci, vice president of Baltimore, Md., based Vane Brothers Company, and American Waterways Operators (AWO) Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the AWO Sustainability Task Force, will keynote Marine
VIDEO: T. Parker Host celebrates successful 2023 at Avondale Global Gateway
In just over a year since its reopening by T. Parker Host (Host) on the site of the former Avondale Shipyards, Avondale Global Gateway (AGG) has proven to be a significant center
GLDD books new dredging awards worth $173.7 million
Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation reports that it has received a number of dredging awards totaling $173.7 million. The dredging awards include: The Sabine-Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project-Phase 1 includes
Moran wins 8-tug MSC contract with $92 million potential
Moran Towing Corp., New Canaan, Conn., has been awarded a $17,667,600 firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursable elements for eight time-chartered, U.S. flagged and Jones Act compliant tugs to provide harbor support services and
Alabama Pilots take delivery of new Gladding-Hearn launch
The Alabama Pilot, Inc. in Mobile, Ala., has taken delivery of its second Chesapeake Class high-speed pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. Delivery of its first Chesapeake launch, Dixey, was in
GLDD succeeds in bid protest of USACE action
As those who watch these things know, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) rejects the majority of bid protests filed with it. However, a number of bid protests do, in fact, succeed and
Sanmar electric tug duo is on the way to join SAAM Towage’s Vancouver fleet
The two all-electric tugs ordered from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard by SAAM Towage in October 2022 (see earlier story) are now on their way to Vancouver, B.C. Following successful completion of sea trials,
Gator Dredging snaps up $17.9 million USACE contract
Waterfront Property Services LLC, doing business as Gator Dredging, Clearwater, Fla., has been awarded a $17,979,800 firm-fixed-price contract for the placement of dredged material on beaches. Bids were solicited via the internet