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AWO members set to Barge-In on Congress

APRIL 14, 2015 — The American Waterways Operators, the national trade association representing the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, will be calling on Congress tomorrow, April 15. During AWO’s annual Barge-In, 170

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Bristol Harbor Group gets Corps contract

APRIL 6, 2015 — Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI), Bristol, RI, reports that it was recently awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for naval architecture and marine engineering services for the

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Barge services provider faces OSHA penalties

MARCH 24, 2015 — Mt. Vernon Barge Services (MVBS), Jeffersonville, IN, faces penalties of $77,000 after a November 2014 inspection by  the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Indianapolis

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AEP ponders sale of barge subsidiary

MARCH 23, 2015 — Electric utility American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) says it is has engaged Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to “explore strategic alternatives for its competitive barge transportation subsidiary, AEP

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Great Lakes Shipyard to drydock four for Corps

JANUARY 31, 2015 — Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, OH, has been awarded a repair contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District for two tugs and two barges

Former “Google” barge sold

JANUARY 23, 2015—Did you ever wonder whatever happened to those four Google barges that were supposed to serve as floating showrooms perhaps for Google Glass in strategic locations on the U.S. East