Frank McCormack, Author at The Waterways Journal

Birdon Receives $14.75 Million Order For WCC Materials An illustration of the upcoming Coast Guard waterway commerce cutters. (Courtesy of Birdon America)

An illustration of the upcoming Coast Guard waterway commerce cutters. (Courtesy of Birdon America)

Birdon Receives $14.75 Million Order For WCC Materials

July 26, 2024

Birdon America Inc., the U.S. arm of Australia-based The Birdon Group which was awarded a contract for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program in October 2022, announced… Read More

Cooper Marine Announces Mv. David J. Cooper Jr. The newly acquired mv. David J. Cooper Jr. motors through the Mobile, Ala., harbor. (Photo courtesy of Cooper Marine)

The newly acquired mv. David J. Cooper Jr. motors through the Mobile, Ala., harbor. (Photo courtesy of Cooper Marine)

Cooper Marine Announces Mv. David J. Cooper Jr.

July 26, 2024

Cooper Marine, a deep-draft and inland bulk stevedore, barge line and barge fleeting operator across the southeastern United States, has added a 4,200 hp. towing vessel to its fleet, which… Read More

Tenn-Tom To Host 42nd Annual Conference Next Month

July 19, 2024

Stakeholders of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), which connects the Tennessee River at the shared border of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee to the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile, Ala., will gather… Read More

AWO, GICA Launch ‘Bridge Events Recording Program’ BERP graphic

AWO, GICA Launch ‘Bridge Events Recording Program’

July 19, 2024

The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) have launched a new initiative designed to document issues towboat crews experience with moveable bridges and report validated… Read More

Q&A With GICA President Paul Dittman GICA President Paul Dittman stands aboard a survey vessel following Hurricane Ida in 2021. Dittman is pictured alongside Victor Landry, operations manager of the GIWW for the New Orleans Engineer District. (Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Engineer District)

GICA President Paul Dittman stands aboard a survey vessel following Hurricane Ida in 2021. Dittman is pictured alongside Victor Landry, operations manager of the GIWW for the New Orleans Engineer District. (Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Engineer District)

Q&A With GICA President Paul Dittman

July 19, 2024

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) stakeholders will gather in New Orleans August 7–9 for the 119th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). GICA President Paul Dittman sat down… Read More

Kirby Christens Mv. Bob Livingston Kirby’s mv. Bob Livingston motors in the Harvey Canal near Eymard Marine Construction and Repair in Harvey, La. (Photo courtesy of Eymard Marine Construction and Repair)

Kirby’s mv. Bob Livingston motors in the Harvey Canal near Eymard Marine Construction and Repair in Harvey, La. (Photo courtesy of Eymard Marine Construction and Repair)

Kirby Christens Mv. Bob Livingston

July 12, 2024

Kirby Corporation held a christening ceremony June 25 at the company’s Old River Dock in Channelview, Texas, for the mv. Bob Livingston, an Entech-designed towboat from Harvey, La.-based Eymard Marine… Read More

Frank Banta Sr. Recalls Family Time Aboard Towing Vessels Fran Banta Sr.

Frank Banta Sr. Recalls Family Time Aboard Towing Vessels

July 12, 2024

For the most part, life aboard a towing vessel is marked by separation from friends and family. It’s a natural and necessary part of a job that can be both… Read More

Holt Lock Facing Months-Long Closure

July 12, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District is moving closer to identifying temporary and permanent fixes to the monolith instability issue that forced an emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior… Read More

Crowley Christens All-Electric Tugboat Crowley’s new all-electric towboat, the eWolf, plies the waters of San Diego harbor. (Photo courtesy of Crowley)

Crowley’s new all-electric towboat, the eWolf, plies the waters of San Diego harbor. (Photo courtesy of Crowley)

Crowley Christens All-Electric Tugboat

July 3, 2024

Crowley, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based logistics, marine and energy solutions company founded in 1892, christened the United States’ first all-electric ship assist harbor tugboat June 25 in a ceremony held at… Read More

Monolith Movement Forces Emergency Closure Of Holt Lock An undated aerial view of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Mobile Engineer District)

An undated aerial view of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo courtesy of the Mobile Engineer District)

Monolith Movement Forces Emergency Closure Of Holt Lock

June 27, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District has ordered the emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala., following the appearance of new cracks and a stability analysis… Read More

Author: Frank McCormack