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Kirby to spend $20 million on BWTS

America’s largest tank barge operator, Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) expects to spend approximately $20 million this year on ballast water treatments for it coastal fleet. That’s good news for ballast water management

River cleanup group reaches new milestone

Illinois-based environmental organization Living Lands & Waters has nearly doubled the amount of garbage removed from U.S. inland rivers compared to this time last year. So far in 2019, the group, established

Great Lakes Towing christens third Damen-designed tug in series

The Great Lakes Towing Company celebrated its 120th Anniversary with the christening of its newest tugboat, the Michigan. The newly constructed tug is the third in a series of five, 64-foot Damen

Inland dredging wins $16.7 million USACE contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, La., has awarded Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tenn., a $16,744,000 firm-fixed-price contract for furnishing one fully-crewed and equipped hydraulic pipeline cutterhead dredge on

Kirby pleads guilty to criminal charges in Canada spill

A Canadian court has imposed penalties of C$2.9 million (about US$2.3 million) on Houston headquartered Kirby Offshore Marine Corp. Kirby entered guilty to three of nine criminal charges related to a diesel

All towboats in triple sinking removed from river

The Coast Guard has transitioned from pollution response to the investigation phase of the major marine casualty that occurred July 5, 2019, involving three vessels that sank in the Illinois River near

USCG updates Sub M work instructions

The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance recently updated work instruction CVC-WI-013(3), “Towing Vessel COI Inspections under TSMS Option.” Updates include but are not limited to adding annual and renewal Certificate

Sanmar to build two “Special Bogacay” 70-t bollard pull tugs

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Shipyards has been steadily developing and refining its extensive ASD tug portfolio with 34 of its most popular type, the 24 meter Bogacay Class, now in operation around the

Cook Inlet puts newly acquired tugs to work

Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, reports that operations on Alaska’s North Slope are officially underway for the 2019 ice-free season. Three newly acquired

Arrest in illegal charter boat case

A Michigan man has been arrested on federal criminal charges for allegedly conducting illegal charter boat operations on Chicago waterways. According to a criminal complaint and affidavit filed in U.S. District Court

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