Scienco/FAST, a manufacturer of marine sewage devices (MSD) based in St. Louis, Mo., has installed nearly 5,000 of its MSD units aboard towboats, tugs, offshore supply vessels, diving support vessels, pilot boats,
Rose Point Navigation Systems, Redmond, Wash., is to launch its Rose Point ECS Fleet Services feature on July 1. The solution has been beta testing since January of 2020 and is currently
Becker Marine Systems continues to provide advanced rudder solutions for the Inland Waterways market with the introduction of its “Late Separation” High Lift Flap rudder profile. This design was incorporated first on
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
Belle Chasse, La., based C&C Marine and Repair has acquired a 35,000-square-foot fabrication building from Versabar Inc. following the expiration of a leaseback provision in a 2018 purchase agreement between the companies.
C&C Marine and Repair’s Belle Chasse, La., shipyard last month completed the first in a series of towboats of the same design that it will deliver to Metairie, La., Maritime Partners. Named
Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard has delivered its first newbuild, a 120- by 35-foot river towboat for Florida Marine Transporters Inc. (FMT) of Mandeville, La. Designed by John W. Gilbert
The Steiner Construction shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala. recently delivered the M/V Darrell Hiatt, the first in a series of seven subchapter M compliant towboats that it is building for Metairie,
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a March 10, 2019 incident in which the towing vessel Rivers Wilson, with eight crewmembers and pushing six loaded barges, contacted the
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