NTSB reports on City of Boston

NTSB reports on 2018 Sunshine Bridge allision

An October 2018 incident that resulted in $6.7 million of damage to the Sunshine Bridge on the Lower Mississippi River is the latest in the ever-growing list of bridge allisions to be

Tugs, Towboats & Barges goes virtual this month

Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges—TTB conference will go virtual this month on August 25 through 26. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon EST on both days. Marine Log has

Marine Highway grant will fund key element of Jeffersonville barge shuttle project

The Ports of Indiana says that $545,145 awarded it in the latest round of MARAD Marine Highway grants will support a $778,766 barge shuttle project for Nucor Steel underway at its Jeffersonville

AWO members elect Crowley’s Art Mead as Chairman

The members of the American Waterways Operators, the national tugboat, towboat and barge industry association, elected a new slate of leaders this week during the association’s Spring Board of Directors / Annual

Zen-Noh Grain to acquire 35 Mississippi River grain elevators

Covington, La., headquartered Zen-Noh Grain Corporation (ZGC), a subsidiary of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations of Japan (Zen-Noh), has reached an agreement to acquire 35 operating U.S. grain origination elevators

Golden Ray removal will involve largest lift vessel built in the U.S.

Salvage operations to remove the capsized car carrier M/V Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Georgia, will involve the use of the largest lift vessel built in the United States, the VB-10,000

Court approves ACL “pre-packaged” recapitalization

Jeffersonville, Ind.-headquartered American Commercial Lines Inc. reports that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division has confirmed the company’s “pre-packaged” plan to recapitalize the business. The company

Jennifer Carpenter, new AWO CEO, testifies on behalf of the nation's waterways

A Q&A with Jennifer Carpenter, AWO’s new CEO

In her first year as president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), Jennifer Carpenter, who began her term last month, says she has a lot of ground to cover with

USCG responds to multi-barge breakaway

The Coast Guard and local agencies responded to a multi-barge breakaway in the vicinity of mile markers 176 and 177 on the Upper Mississippi River, Wednesday. Watchstanders at Sector Upper Mississippi River

Intracoastal Waterway reopened following salvage of sunken rock barge

The U.S. Coast Guard reported Friday that it had reopened the Intracoastal Waterway near Berwick, Louisiana, to vessel traffic after completion of salvage operations involving the rock barge, ACL 01700 which sank

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