Ports of Indiana announces a promotion and an appointment

Ports of Indiana, the statewide port authority that operates ports at Burns Harbor, Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon, has promoted Andrea Hermer from general counsel to chief operating officer, and appointed James Hall

dredging contract awards St. Louis

Norfolk Dredging awarded $20.49 million USACE contract

Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Va., has been awarded a $20,490,500 firm-fixed-price contract to remove dredging material from the Delaware River. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

Docking pilot’s actions seen as probable cause in tugboat allision with berth

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on its investigation of a Sept. 23, 2019, incident in which a wharf incurred $1.47 million in damage. The accident occurred

Port of Houston: “We’re number one”

The Port of Houston says that newly released government statistics show that the Houston Ship Channel port complex and its public and private terminals now hold the number one place among U.S.

OSG is sunject of an acquisition offer

OSG secures $49.1 million loan for Jones Act ATB project

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) reports that it has closed on a $49,150,000 loan for a term of seven years. OSG’s subsidiaries, OSG 205 LLC and OSG Courageous II LLC, obtained

Netherlands operator to fit tugboat with Sea Machines remote helm

Looking to increase productivity and operational safety during offshore operations, Barendrecht, Netherlands, based tug and workboat operator Herman Sr. BV is to add a Sea Machines Robotics SM200 wireless, remote-helm control system

BIG HOPE 1 brings awareness to cancer research this holiday season

This Christmas, the pink barge BIG HOPE 1 will sail to Five Rivers Distribution in Van Buren, Ark., for a new spin on the annual cancer fundraising event now being called the

VIDA rule published

EPA’s VIDA rulemaking: One step at a time

On October 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially proposed its new Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance. In a Maritime Client Alert, law firm Jones Walker notes that

Bollinger delivers new Bayou Teche flood gate

The St. Mary Parish Levee District in Louisiana is to get added protection against heavy rain and storm surge flooding with the delivery by Bollinger Shipyards LLC today of a new Bayou

Conrad delivers asphalt barge duo to Parker Towing

Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard (OTC Pink: CNRD) reports that it has delivered two 30,000 bbl asphalt barges to Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Ala. “We are pleased to announce the delivery

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