After 30 years with Marquette Transportation Company, Paducah, Ky., John Eckstein has assumed the role of executive chairman of Marquette and transitioned his duties as CEO to the company’s president, Damon Judd. In this
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded Boston headquartered Sea Machine Robotics a contract to enable autonomous, self-propelled operation of opportunistically available commercial ocean barges to land and
NEW Cooperative, a farmer-owned grain, agronomy, energy, and feed cooperative serving the western and northwest region of Iowa, has held a ground breaking ceremony for construction of a new port on the
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
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) and its board of directors have named Mike Ellis, as the company’s new CEO and a member of its board of directors, effective August 17, 2020. The
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident involving, among other things, a Kirby Inland Marine towboat captain with a high level of marijuana metabolites in his urine,
Despite taking a one-time tax benefit of $50.8 million from the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act barge giant Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reported a net loss of $248.5 for
Marine Log‘s TTB – Tugs, Towboats & Barges event will not only feature a top-level line-up of speakers, but will also be backed by a number of sponsored activities and a trade
Topics on the agenda at Marine Log’s upcoming TTB—Tugs, Towboats & Barges event will include “Bridging the Gap: Building a Culture of Safety.” Sarah Michelle Hattier, responsible for Safety & Regulatory Compliance
UPDATE: Search now suspended Coast Guard Commander Roberto Trevino, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said at a news conference this afternoon that search-and-rescue missions were ongoing following an incident early morning Sunday,