Gladding-Hearn delivers first pilot boat in new class

The Association of Maryland Pilots has taken delivery of a new class of pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, in Somerset, Mass. Called the Baltimore Class after the pilots’ base of

Ship showing lack of stabil;oty

Port state control crackdown on stability in works

Member authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control are to launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on vessel stability. It will be held

Ship transfers steel coil to barge

Louisiana ports work together to move cargo on the Mississippi River

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) discharged 300 steel coils on June 10, 2021, to barges at the Coastal Cargo breakbulk and heavy-lift terminal at its Louisiana Ave. Complex. The steel

Attndees at Multi-Cat steel cutting ceremony

Conrad cuts steel for first U.S.-built Multi-Cats

Conrad Shipyard has hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD). The ceremony, held at Conrad’s shipyard in Morgan City, La., signifies the start of construction of

LNG exports pause challenged

Bouchard creditors object to designation of stalking horse bidder

In one of the the latest developments in the Bouchard Transportation bankruptcy, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors yesterday filed suit in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

Ellicott's custom B590E dredge

Ellicott Dredges books new orders

Baltimore, Md., based Ellicott Dredges has recently been awarded two orders that illustrate the breadth of its product range. A major Canadian potash producer has awarded the company a contract to supply

ATB tug Frederick E. Bouchard, seen here on sea trials in 2015, is among vessels listed in filing.

Stalking horse bidder named in Bouchard bankruptcy case

According to a filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Hartree Partners LP has been selected as the stalking horse bidder in the Bouchard Transportation Company Inc.

Manslaughter charges in deadly duck boat sinking

Missouri has brought state charges of involuntary manslaughter against three men in relation to the 2018 sinking of a duck boat in Branson, Mo., in which 17 people lost their lives. The

Terminal operated by Bruce Oakley, Inc. expands the existing capacity within the St. Louis region’s port system with the ability to handle at least 1,000 more truckloads of grain daily.

New grain terminal opens on “Ag Coast of America”

The St. Louis region’s claim to be the most efficient inland port in the United States has been strengthened with the recent addition of a new Mississippi River grain handling terminal in

Riverboat afloat

VIDEO: Riverboat freed from Kentucky sandbar

The Lake Barkley Grounding Unified Command reports that on Friday it successfully ungrounded the riverboat American Jazz that had been stuck on a sandbar near Barkley Bridge on Lake Barkley, Ky., since

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