Each year, the Harbor Safety Committee of the Greater New Orleans Port Safety Council hosts the Marine Industry Day, which aims to bring together a wide range of… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
American Cruise Lines (ACL), a Guilford, Conn.-based operator of river and coastwise passenger vessels in the United States, has announced plans for three of the four vessels the company… Read More
Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead… Read More
Education sessions at the 2024 Inland Marine Expo (IMX) will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 30-31, during the trade show. During the first morning of education… Read More
Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners LLC, one of the largest providers of maritime financing solutions with a focus on Jones Act vessels, announced this month that the company has received… Read More
There’s light at the end of the lock chamber for stakeholders of both the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), with emergency repairs almost complete at… Read More
Johnny Holt has been part of Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company nearly 36 years. Holt’s first day on the job was July 15, 1988, and he started out… Read More
The 102nd meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) April 11 in Springfield, Va., (WJ, April 29) served as a goodbye of sorts, with Mark Pointon, the board’s outgoing… Read More
A little more than one year has passed since Southern Towing Company and Devall Towing announced plans to merge the two companies, and as of earlier this year… Read More
Dredge industry newcomer Muddy Water Dredging LP, based in Orange, Texas, held a christening ceremony April 19 on the riverfront in New Orleans for its first vessel, a cutter… Read More
