New Port of Beaumont facility

McCarthy completes construction of major Port of Beaumont project

McCarthy Building Companies has completed construction on the Port of Beaumont, Texas, Main Street Terminal 1. The project included demolition of a failed dock structure and construction of a new state-of-the-art general

Z-drive tugboat

VIDEO: Crescent Towing takes delivery of new Z-drive tugboat

New Orleans based Cooper Group subsidiary Crescent Towing recently took delivery of the M/V Angus R. Cooper II, a new 6,000 HP, tier 4, Z-drive tugboat constructed at Cooper Group’s Blakeley BoatWorks

Amanda Coates

Port NOLA names Amanda Coates its new chief commercial officer

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has named Amanda Coates as its chief commercial officer. In this role, she will lead the port’s business development strategies and real estate operations. Coates

Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville.

Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville opens new steel processing facility

The Ports of Indiana announced on April 23 that United Steel Supply LLC will invest up to $10 million at its Jeffersonville, Ind., location to open a steel processing and painting facility.

The dry dock was named after Billy Manley, who worked as the yards and docks chief for the district until his passing in 2020.

Memphis District adds third dry dock to river maintenance fleet

The  Memphis Engineer District gathered at Ensley Engineer Yard earlier this month to christen its newest floating dry dock, named Manly, in honor of Billy Manley, a former employee who served as

NOAA ENCs frequency increases

Updates for NOAA electronic navigational charts (ENCs) have historically been published weekly but are now being pushed daily, Monday through Friday. These updates include weekly Notice to Mariners corrections and additional critical

Massive claw

VIDEO: Massive claw is added to Key Bridge response arsenal

A giant claw is the latest massive piece of equipment to be added to the resources of the Unified Command responding to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The claw

New SAAM Towage Canada electric tug

SAAM Towage Canada’s electric twins go to work in Vancouver

Now in service with SAAM Towage Canada, the SAAM Volta and Chief Dan George are the first battery electric tugs built specifically to operate in Vancouver, B.C. Built to Robert Allan Ltd’s

Vessel transits new fourth Baltimore temporarychannnel

VIDEO: First commercial vessel transits new fourth Baltimore temporary channel

Efforts to get the Port of Baltimore up and running again are making progress. According to Coast Guard Sector Maryland, the status of the port is now “Open with Restrictions.” A new,

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB releases its findings on what caused dredge WB Wood to capsize

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into the January16, 2023 flooding and eventual capsizing of the Wood Resources LLC non-propelled dredge WB Wood during sand dredging operations near mile

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