Maid of the Mists’ zero-emission tour boats enter service

Starting at 10 a.m. tomorrow, October 6, guests will be able to ride the first all-electric, zero-emission passenger boats built in the U.S.A. Built for Niagara Falls, N.Y. tour operator Maid the

AWO’s Brian Bailey honored as Rising Star of Safety

Brian Bailey, Director of Safety and Environmental Stewardship for the American Waterways Operators (AWO), has been named a 2020 Rising Star of Safety by the National Safety Council (NSC). He was selected

Great Lakes Dredge books contracts worth $59.8 million

America’s largest provider of dredging services, Oakbrook, Ill., headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) today reported the receipt of several major awards totaling $59.8 million. The awarded work includes: Atchafalaya

NTSB issues preliminary report on deadly Corpus Christi dredge fire

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the August 21 incident in which the 152-foot-long cutter-head suction dredge Waymon L. Boyd caught fire and four crew members died.

Eastern lays keel for Weeks Marine dredge

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. reports that on, September 11, it conducted the keel laying for R.B. Weeks, ESG Hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredge for Cranford, N.J., headquartered Weeks Marine,

Bouchard Transportation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Privately-held Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., the largest independently-owned ocean-going petroleum barge company in the U.S., said today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions to restructure under Chapter

Q&A: Lake Carriers’ Association President James Weakley

ML: What can you tell us about the recent Illinois River lock closures and how that’s impacted Great Lakes shipping, if at all? JW: The Illinois River lock closures have not had

Myrick Marine Contracting puts new barge and crane to work

Myrick Marine Contracting Corporation, Savannah, Ga., put a newly acquired floating crane package to work this summer. The 130 foot long by 60 foot wide and 8 foot tall spud barge, named

Luedtke Engineering to dredge Green Bay Harbor

The Wisconsin Domestic Maritime Coalition reports that Luedtke Engineering Company has returned to Green Bay Harbor for the fourth time in the last five years to complete maintenance dredging of the federal

LAD Services delivers walking spud dredge barge

The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI) reports that LAD Services of Louisiana has delivered a 200- by 60-foot walking spud dredge barge. LAD Services contracted TSGI to develop the design of the barge

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