BIG HOPE 1 brings awareness to cancer research this holiday season

This Christmas, the pink barge BIG HOPE 1 will sail to Five Rivers Distribution in Van Buren, Ark., for a new spin on the annual cancer fundraising event now being called the

EPA’s VIDA rulemaking: One step at a time

On October 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially proposed its new Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance. In a Maritime Client Alert, law firm Jones Walker notes that

Port NOLA CEO receives 2020 Bertel Award

Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) President and CEO and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) Brandy Christian has received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award at a ceremony

Callan Marine names new CFO

Dredging contractor Callan Marine, Galveston, Texas, has hired Matt Sitka, CPA, MBA as its new Chief Financial Officer. A 15-year veteran of the industrial services, dredging, and marine construction industry, Sitka brings

Illinois seeks public comment on Marine Transportation System Plan

The Illinois Department of Transportation is inviting the public to comment on its new Illinois Marine Transportation System Plan and economic impact analysis study. The feedback will help shape strategies to strengthen

Kakaskia Regional Port District features on “World’s Greatest”

The Kaskaskia Regional Port District in Red Bull, Ill., was recently featured in an episode of the “World’s Greatest” TV show. Now in its fourteenth season and aired on the ION Network.

Another 3,000-hp Maryland-built tugboat joins Vane Brothers fleet

Underscoring the advantages of building in series, Vane Brothers has taken delivery of the 3,000 hp Cape Fear, the seventeenth Maryland-built tugboat to join the Baltimore-based company’s expanding fleet. Since 2008, fifteen

C&C Marine and Repair delivers first of three towboats for Hines Furlong Line

Belle Chasse, La., based C&C Marine and Repair recently delivered the triple-screw 6,600-horsepower towboat M/V Scarlett Rose Furlong to Nashville, Tenn., based Hines Furlong Line Inc. Measuring 170 feet by 50 feet

Port of Greater Baton Rouge could be home to $9.2 billion renewable fuel complex

Grön Fuels LLC, a portfolio company of Fidelis Infrastructure is studying the feasibility of a renewable fuel complex at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. With expansions and associated projects, the complex

Ingram Barge gifted Ministry on the River $ 1 million

Acquisition strengthens Ingram Barge’s Houston area reach

Ingram Barge Company LLC reported today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Houston Fleeting Services LLC, has entered into an agreement to acquire the business assets of Houston-based Cheryl K LLC and San Jacinto

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