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Weeks wins $24 million Mobile Harbor dredging award

Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., has been awarded a $24,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to furnish all the equipment, materials, supplies, and manpower necessary to perform dredging of the Mobile Harbor Navigation Project. Bids

Former Austal USA execs face multiple charges

Judge orders removal of Morton Bouchard as Bouchard Transportation CEO

In the most recent developments in the Bouchard Transportation Co, Inc. bankruptcy case, in an order signed February 26, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David S. Jones ordered that Morton S. Bouchard, III “shall

Callan Marine names Greg Harner COO

Galveston, Texas, headquartered dredging contractor Callan Marine has hired of Greg Harner as its new Chief Operating Officer. A 36-year veteran of the construction and maritime industry, Harner comes to Callan with

New twin-screw towboat joins Parker Towing fleet

Parker Towing Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala., has recently taken delivery of the twin-screw towboat Jared Phillips from FMT Shipyard & Repair LLC, Harvey, La. Measuring 128 feet in length and 34 feet in

Multiple dredges at work on Mississippi River channel deepening

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is making good progress continues working on the historic project to deepen the Mississippi River Ship Channel (MRSC) to 50 feet. The project kicked off

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB reports on Cooperative Spirit contact with bridge

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the March 15, 2020, incident in which the tow of the 1975-built American River Transportation Company towing vessel Cooperative Spirit broke apart

Moran gets $14.9 million MSC award

The Navy’s Military Sealift Command has exercised a $14,962,488 one-year option under a previously awarded contract with Moran Towing Corp., New Canaan, Conn. The award is for the support of Military Sealift

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Diversified Marine’s Frank Manning to present on tug trends at TTB

Frank Manning, executive director of business development and operations at Diversified Marine Inc. (DMI), Portland, Ore., will present at this year’s free virtual presentation of Marine Log’s TTB –Tugs, Towboats & Barges

McGinnis Inc. delivers 1,600 hp M/V Dwain Harper

On a chilly February day, members of McGinnis Inc.’s Sheridan Shipyard located in South Point, Ohio, at Mile 320.4 on the Ohio River gathered with members of the Harper family to celebrate

PODCAST: C&C Marine & Repair’s Matt Dobson

In this edition of Marine Log’s Listen Up! podcast, we talk to Matthew Dobson, new construction manager at C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La. Since starting at C&C in 2013, he

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