NTSB reports on 2017 towboat sinking while fueling
AUGUST 31, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the August 23, 2017, sinking of the 1977-built Triple S Marine LLC towing vessel Gracie Claire while moored
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Vidalia Dock towboat repowered with Mitsubishi engines
AUGUST 23, 2018 — As the owner and operator of Vidalia Dock & Storage, Carla Jenkins proudly carries on a family tradition of a business started by her father in 1956. Vidalia
OSHA cites five contractors following fatal towboat explosion
JULY 26, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited five contractors for safety and health violations after three employees were fatally injured and two
NTSB reports on towboat grounding
JULY 17, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a Marine Accident Brief on a July 8, 2017, incident in which the uninspected towing vessel Eric Haney, owned by
AWO approves Decatur Marine as TPO for Responsible Carrier Program
JUNE 7, 2018 — The U.S. national association for towboat, tug, and barge owners and operators, American Waterways Operators (AWO), has approved Decatur Marine Audit & Survey as a third-party organization (TPO)
NTSB issues report on 2017 barge allision incident
MAY 21, 2018 — The NTSB has issued its report on a March 2017 incident in which two of three barges pushed by a 51-year old towing vessel allided with the upstream
C&C Marine and Repair delivers Z-drive towboat to Marquette
MAY 17, 2018 – Belle Chasse, LA, based C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the M/V Chris Reeves to Marquette Transportation Company, Paducah, KY. The vessel is the second in a series
AWO responds to Senate vote against Vessel Incidental Discharge Act
APRIL 19, 2018 — The American Waterways Operators (AWO) reports that yesterday, due to inclusion of the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) within the bill, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017
Canal Barge to retrofit further vessel with Becker Flap Rudder system
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 — The U.S. office of Hamburg headquartered Becker Marine Systems has won a further Becker Flap Rudder retrofit order from Canal Barge Company, Inc. Founded in 1933, Canal Barge
Helm software helps Ivy Marine gain TSMS certification
OCTOBER 30, 2017 — Mobile, AL, based Ivy Marine LLC, which operates two towboats, has become the third – and smallest —company in the U.S. to obtain certification of its Towing Safety