APRIL 14, 2015 — Great Lakes bulk vessel operator Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RLOG) has appointed Nassry G. Zamora to the newly created position of Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. He
MARCH 10, 2015 — Canadian-flag shipowner Algoma Central Corporation has announced the appointment of Ken Bloch Soerensen as President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2015. Mr. Sorensen, a native of
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Parsippany, NJ, based Belco Technologies Corporation, a division of DuPont Sustainable Solutions, has been awarded a contract for two Belco Marine Scrubbers by Interlake Steamship Company. The closed
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014—Burger Boat Company, Manitowoc, WI, recently launched the 78 ft research vessel Arcticus for the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The Arcticus replaces the 38-year-old R/V Grayling bringing the USGS Great Lakes Science Center
AUGUST 13, 2014 — After a brutal winter that has depressed industry year to date tonnage totals, U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters moved 11,365,550 tons of cargo in July, their highest monthly total
MAY 29, 2014 — The Lakes Carriers Association says that ice formation the likes of which had not been seen since 1994 dramatically slowed coal shipments on the Great Lakes in April.
MAY 27, 2014 — Rand Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ:RLOG) is adding another river class self unloader to its fleet. It says it will be the first new Canadian flagged river class self-unloader introduced
MAY 7, 2014 — A Coast Guard investigation has led to the sentencing of a man to seven years in prison for offenses that included piloting commercial ships on the Great Lakes
MARCH 20, 2014 — Independently owned crude oil refinery Continental Refining Company, LLC, Somerset, KY, is producing a low sulfur marine diesel fuel (T-90 700) for use in the ECA 1 Operating
MARCH 14, 2014 — Great Lakes dry bulk vessel operator Rand Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOG) has acquired a Danish flagged chemical tanker that will be converted to a Canadian flagged river class