Day one of the 120th Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) Seminar featured a pair of sessions focused on waterway infrastructure and federal funding. Tracy Zea, president and CEO of Waterways… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers charts approximately 7,500 miles on the Western Rivers, and the Corps’ Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (IENC) program updates and maintains a suite of 109… Read More
American Cruise Lines (ACL) marked the Fourth of July earlier this month with the christening of its newest passenger cruise vessel, the American Patriot. The company held a christening ceremony… Read More
Stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) will gather in New Orleans August 6–8 for the 120th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). The GICA Seminar will… Read More
The mv. Mark Glaab approaches the Calcasieu Lock near Lake Charles, La., as a rainbow appears on the horizon after a summer rainstorm. Located in Cameron Parish approximately 10… Read More
This year’s World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON), held in San Diego June 23–27, featured a discussion by a panel of dredging contractor executives. The panel included Fred Paup,… Read More
LeBeouf Bros. Towing, a Bourg, La.-based owner and operator of close to 50 towing vessels and twice that many barges, held a christening ceremony June 14 in New… Read More
The Upper Mississippi Waterway Association (UMWA), founded 93 years ago, represents maritime stakeholders in the upper Midwest, in particular the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Read More
Redwood Holdings, which acquired Marquette Transportation Company last year, has announced plans to acquire Canal Barge Company. The acquisition of Canal Barge and all its subsidiaries, which include Illinois Marine… Read More
The Tennessee-Tombigbee (Tenn-Tom) Waterway Development Authority, a four-state compact made up of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, will hold its 43rd annual conference August 13–15 at the Grand Hotel Marriott… Read More
