Yesterday, OpenTug, a maritime logistics software platform, announced a $2.2 million strategic investment led by TMV, an early-stage venture firm investing in the world’s leading entrepreneurs reshaping legacy industries through tech-enabled innovation. This
Last week, Marine Log’s TTB 2025 (Tugs, Towboats & Barges) conference in Mobile, Ala., attracted nearly 250 vessel owners, operators, C-suite executives, suppliers, and shipyards. The event, which took place on March
Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) has welcomed a new member to its team. She is Miranda Lang, who will serve as operations manager. She will work in concert with Amber McClay, WCI’s office
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a January 4, 2024, incident in which a crane on a crane barge contacted a ship to shore terminal crane, which suffered
Vancouver, Wash.-based Tidewater Transportation and Terminals, the largest barge transportation and termina network on the Columbia-Snake River system, reports that it has finalized a contract with Portland, Oregon-based Gunderson Marine & Iron,
The St. Paul Engineer District announced March 20 that the first tow of the 2025 navigation season arrived in St. Paul, Minn. The M/V Neil N. Diehl, an Ingram Barge towboat, locked
The Detroit Engineer District will open the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., early to all marine traffic at 8 a.m. on March 21, marking the
La Crosse, Wis.-based J.F. Brennan associate Brennan Marine, Inc. (BMI),has expanded its presence on the Upper Mississippi River with the acquisition of Matteson Marine Service Inc. assets. This strategic acquisition strengthens BMI’s
Covington, La.-based Laborde Products has recently repowered three vessels that provide services along U.S. inland waterways. The most recent repower was for Lydia Ann Channel Fleet (LACF), a provider of fleeting and
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into an April 25, 2023 incident in which about 150 feet of a degraded dock at the Chalmette Refinery crude oil dock near