Gary Dale English, 69, of Benton, Ky., died November 20 at his home. He was a retired river captain working most recently for Cenac Marine Services of Houma, La…. Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Robert Barnard Sr., 66, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died at his home November 16. He graduated from Fishburne Military School in 1972 and had a football scholarship to University of Delaware,… Read More
Houston-based Thrustmaster of Texas has won a contract with Fincantieri Marinette Marine for the design, development and manufacture of the auxiliary propulsion unit (APU) to be installed on the U.S. Read More
Conrad Shipyard has announced delivery of a pair of 30,000-barrel asphalt barges to Parker Towing Company of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Named the PTC 2001 and the PTC 2002, the double-skinned barges… Read More
The new administration’s infrastructure priorities will become clearer over the next few weeks and months. We hope that ports and waterways are given more than lip service in whatever emerges. Read More
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana has announced indictments for 31 people connected to an alleged test score-fixing enterprise at a U.S. Coast Guard exam center… Read More
The American Waterways Operators submitted a 17-page comment letter November 24 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with suggestions to improve its proposed rule establishing performance standards for incidental vessel… Read More
The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI) is celebrating its first decade in business. In 2010, Gregory Beers and Cory Wood, founders of Bristol Harbor Group Inc. (BHGI), purchased the assets of… Read More
For the week ending October 29, outstanding (unshipped) export sales of corn, wheat, and soybeans reached a record 64 million metric tons (mmt.), the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. That… Read More
Conrad Industries Inc. reported November 16 a net loss of $3.6 million, or -72 cents per share, for the third quarter. That compares to net income of $938,000, or 20… Read More
