VIDEO: AWO thanks mariners for keeping America moving during pandemic

The American Waterways Operators has released a new video thanking the mariners of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry for their vital role in helping the nation navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cooper Marine & Timberlands strengthens logistics and business development team

Mobile, Ala., based Cooper Marine & Timberlands (CMT) has promoted Strickler Adams to Director of Marine Logistics and has hired Alan Dodd as Director of Business Development. As Director of Marine Logistics,

Stonebriar Commercial Finance supports Jones Act marine industry

Plano, Texas, based commercial finance provider Stonebriar Commercial Finance says that it has thus far this year funded, and is currently projected to fund through 2021, more than $355 million secured by

SEACOR Holdings in $1 billion agreement to go private

SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CKH) reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to take the company private. The agreement, signed with an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm American Industrial

OSG takes delivery of second 204,000 barrel barge

The Greenbrier Gunderson shipyard in Portland, Ore., has now delivered the 204,000 barrel capacity oil and chemical tank barge OSG 205, to Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. This is the second tank barge

A Q&A with The Shearer Group’s Greg Beers and Cory Wood

Since The Shearer Group is celebrating 10 years of being in business this year, who better to feature in the CEO Spotlight than two its head guys—Gregory Beers and Cory Wood. Back

Crowley awards scholarship to Great Lakes Maritime cadet

Crowley Maritime Corp. has awarded a Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship to senior Keith Baker at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy. Baker, of Traverse City, Mich., earned the scholarship based on

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB reports on costly contact of tow with railroad bridge protection cell

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident in which, at 12.32 a.m. local time on January 1, 2020, the towing vessel William C was pushing a tow

Conception captain indicted on seaman’s manslaughter charges

The captain of the Conception, the dive boat that caught fire last year with the loss of 34 lives, was yesterday indicted by a federal grand jury on 34 counts of seaman’s

Upper Mississippi River 2020 navigation season ends

The St. Paul Engineer District, locked its last tow of the season November 30, ending the navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River. Traditionally, the last tow heading south of Lock and

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