Merrill Marine Services, a well-known marine brokerage, appraising and surveying firm with offices in St. Louis and Paducah, has announced that James H. “Jim” Garrett has been appointed to manage… Read More

Tri Coastal Trading, a scrap metal processor formerly headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., announced April 16 that it will open its first fully owned ferrous scrap processing and barge-loading facility in… Read More

The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold its annual Dredging Summit June 15-17, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily. This year, the event will be held virtually via Zoom… Read More

Obituary: Bruce Bacon

May 3, 2021

Bruce Bacon, NAMS-CMS of Milford, Ohio, owner and principal surveyor of Neptune Marine Surveys & Services, died March 25. In the mid-1970s, Bacon got his start decking for Dravo Mechling… Read More

Martin “Marty” Ozinga III, chairman of the board of Ozinga, died April 26. He was 71. Ozinga, a fourth-generation family business best known for its red and white striped concrete mixer trucks,… Read More