Navy suspends Inchcape Shipping Services contracts
NOVEMBER 29, 2013 — One of the world’s largest suppliers of husbanding services —Inchcape Shipping Services Holding Ltd. (ISS) — has been suspended from doing business with the Navy. ISS is owned
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Admirals implicated in bribery probe
NOVEMBER 10, 2013 — The Navy has suspended the access to classified material of Vice Adm. Ted Branch, Director of Naval Intelligence, and Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless, Director of Intelligence Operations. “The
Blower malfunction implicated in Miami barge blasts
JUNE 17, 2013 — Coast Guard Sector Mobile has released preliminary findings from its continuing investigation into the cause of the April 24, 2013 explosions and fire on board two Kirby tank
Buckley McAllister elected new Chairman of AWO
MAY 1, 2013 — Buckley McAllister, President, McAllister Towing, has succeeded Linn Peterson of Kirby Inland Marine, LP as Chairman of the American Waterways Operators, the national trade association representing the tugboat,
Barge explosions rock Mobile
APRIL 25, 2013 — Mobile Bay has been rocked by a series of explosions on empty compressed natural gas barges undergoing cleaning at an Oil Recovery Co. of Alabama facility on the
Horizon Shipbuilding delivers towboats
NOVEMBER 5, 2012 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently delivered the towboat M/V Eugenie J. Huger to Canal Barge Company of New Orleans, La. The Huger (pictured at left)
U.S.-flag interests not opposed to Jones Act waivers
NOVEMBER 2, 2012 — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has written President Obama saying that the U.S. Maritime Industry will not oppose Jones Act waivers that are necessary to facilitate the delivery of petroleum
Horizon Shipbuilding delivers towboat to FMT
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala, has delivered the third in a series of 120 ft towboats to Florida Marine Transporters of Mandeville, La. The M/V Brees joins sister ships, M/V’s