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Turn Services opens new Texas location

New Orleans-headquartered barge fleeting and shifting specialist Turn Services reports that it has opened a new Houston location: Turn Services La Porte Fleet. Located adjacent to Mile 29 on the Houston Ship

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack,

Message to ocean carriers: Act on U.S. agriculture exports or face FMC action

Two Biden administration cabinet members, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, have written leading ocean carriers. They urge them to help mitigate disruptions to agricultural shippers of

Fully electric Zeeboat towboat.

First fully-electric U.S. towboats set for 2025 availability

Houston-headquartered Industrial Service Solutions (ISS) reports that the first four fully-electric towboats to be built in North America are planned to be available for charter in 2025. The towboats are being developed

China to import U.S. LNG from Plaquemines terminal

Arlington, Va.-headquartered Venture Global LNG reports that it has signed a 20-year sales and purchase agreement with CNOOC Gas & Power Group Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Offshore

River container vessel

Shipyard solicitation out for new river container vessels

Plans for a new all-water container-on-vessel (COV) trade lane between the Port of Plaquemines on the Lower Mississippi and the Midwest are picking up pace. Hawtex Development Corporation has signed on as

President Biden

Inland Waterways: Celebrating a once-in-a-generation success

By Tracy Zea, President/CEO, Waterways Council Inc. After months of negotiations and high political drama, late on the night of November 5, the House of Representatives passed the Senate-passed infrastructure bill (H.R.

Crowley all-electric tug eWolf starts construction

Master Boat Builders has begun construction of Crowley’s eWolf, the first all-electric ship assist tug in the U.S., at its shipyard in Coden, Ala. “Initiating construction of the first-ever fully electric U.S.

Port of South Louisiana names new executive director

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of South Louisiana has selected Paul Matthews to serve as the port’s next executive director, effective January 15, 2022. Matthews is replacing long-time executive director

Top Women in Maritime 2021

Honoring Marine Log’s Top Women in Maritime 2021

Dr. Virginia Harper, Chief Academic Officer, NavtechUSSurveyors Harper has been on or around boats most of her life. The daughter of a Navy officer, she was raised in various duty ports, including

Front end of ferry

Thoma-Sea launches Lake Erie ferry

Designed by New Orleans headquartered TAI Engineers LLC, the 168- by 45-foot passenger, truck and car ferry Carmen Lee was recently launched by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors’ Houma, La., shipyard. The ferry is

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