By Mike Breslin, Director – Safety and Sustainability, The American Waterways Operators America’s waterways have been called a natural superhighway system for the remarkable way our interconnected network of rivers and coastlines facilitates
There has been plenty of good news for the Great Lakes in all the year end flurry of legislation, and it’s not only about icebreaking, important as that is. The omnibus appropriations
Turkish tugboat specialist Sanmar Shipyards delivered four tugs during the final week of 2022, rounding off an extremely successful year that saw the company deliver a total of 30 tugs to operators
Ocean Network Express, the ocean carrier established in 2017 by Japan’s K-Line, MOL and NYK, is set to take a 51% stake in each of two U.S. West Coast terminal operators, Trapac LLC
The Detroit Engineer District, reports that the New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was reauthorized in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2022 on December 23. The
Galveston, Texas, headquartered Callan Marine Ltd. has been awarded a $13,845,450 firm-fixed-price contract for pipeline deep-draft dredging of the Houston Ship Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work
Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, Manson Construction Company’s 15,000-cubic-yard capacity, 420 foot long Frederick Paup will be the largest U.S.-flagged, self-propelled hopper dredge in the United
In an update on its fourth quarter 2022 operations, America’s largest dredging contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), says that revenues and gross profit margins for the quarter are
As the maritime industry continues to increase diversity and bring more women into its ranks, we wrap up 2022 for the third year in a row by bringing to you our list
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) welcomed the inland river transportation industry for the 22nd Annual River Bell Awards Luncheon on Thursday, December 8, in Paducah, Ky. This year’s event featured Jim Guidry,