NTSB reports on Mobile barge fire and explosions
AUGUST 7, 2014 — The National Transportation Board has determined the probable cause of the April 2013 fire and explosions aboard a towing vessel and two barges that were having their tanks
AUGUST 7, 2014 — The National Transportation Board has determined the probable cause of the April 2013 fire and explosions aboard a towing vessel and two barges that were having their tanks
AUGUST 1, 2014 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. today announced new contracts to build two Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) tugs for Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. Measuring 130 feet by 38 feet by
JULY 31, 2014 — Houston headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) yesterday announced record second quarter earnings and upped its 2014 capital expenditure guidance from $370 million to $380 million as it reported further
JULY 28, 2014 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered the fourth in a series of towboats to Canal Barge Company, Inc., New Orleans, LA. The Jane Merrick is
JULY 25, 2014 — On May 10, 2013, at approximately 0625 local time, the barge Arctic Lift I, carrying a cargo of steel rebar, capsized while under tow by the tug Western
JULY 21, 2014—A major Chinese chemical company will make a $1.85 billion capital investment in a methanol manufacturing complex on the Mississippi River in Vacherie, La., St. James Parish, according to a
JULY 18, 2014 — Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) of Sturgeon Bay, WI, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), has been awarded a contract to build two 155,000-barrel capacity barges and two
JULY 14, 2014 —The Greenstone II, a U.S. Department of Interior fuel barge, was recently relaunched at Port Calcite, Rogers City, MI, on completion of drydocking, repair work, and inspections. The barge
JULY 11, 2014 — The Marine Division of Canada’s Ledcor Resources and Transportation has awarded the construction of two A.G. McIlwain-designed tugs to Bracewell Marine Group Ltd. The two tugs will be
JUNE 24, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident last year in which several barges slammed into the Marseilles Dam on the Illinois River. No