Waylon Humphrey

New operations chief at Louisville Engineer District

Waylon Humphrey has been selected to serve as the new Operations Division Chief for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, effective November 22, 2021. He will have responsibility for overall

Industry again battles DPF mandate

AWO urges OSHA to provide flexibility for maritime industry on weekly COVID testing

The latest AWO Letter from the American Waterways Operator (AWO) says that the association is working on a letter to the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Raj Kumar

Kirby names new CFO

Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reports that Raj Kumar will be joining the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer in November 2021. He will succeed Bill Harvey, who previously announced

Vessel on TraveLift

Great Lakes Shipyard books $1.9 million in government contracts

Great Lakes Shipyard, a division of the Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, reports that it has recently been awarded government contracts amounting to more than $1.9 million and that could be

USACE St. Paul District to close 4 locks and dams

Brennan wins $19.6 million USACE contract

J.F. Brennan Company Inc., La Crosse, Wis., has been awarded a $19,603,980 firm-fixed-price contract for Chicago Harbor Lock chamber floor and wall repairs. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received.

Manson’s giant hopper dredge will have Schottel propulsion solution

Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, Manson Construction Company’s 15,000-cubic-yard capacity, 420 foot long, hopper dredge Frederick Paup is to be equipped with three Schottel type SRP

container terminal under cvonstruction

Port of Savannah to add 1.6 million TEU of capacity

The Georgia Ports Authority Board has approved more than $34 million to help expedite an additional 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in capacity that will begin coming online in December. “In

American Cruise Lines paddlewheeler

American Cruise Lines paddlewheelers will get a new look

Guilford, Conn., headquartered American Cruise Lines says that its fleet of four classic paddlewheelers is to get a major redesign, refit, and rebranding. A key element will be a new interior design

Great Lakes Shipyards

Great Lakes shipyards are bustling

By Jonathan Barnes, Marine Log Contributor Around the Great Lakes region, shipyards are busy. The need for vessels, maintenance and retrofits, and necessary infrastructure improvements, have led to a hike in activity

Sideview of dredge

Colonna’s to overhaul U.S. Corps dredge

Colonna’s Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $15,971,760 firm-fixed-price contract to overhaul the dredge McFarland. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Norfolk,

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