The supply chain has been front and center in the news lately. As if on cue, the enemies of the Jones Act are again trotting out their discredited arguments. Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis has released an alert regarding risk of steering loss from defective steering rams on towing vessels. Improperly machined threads can… Read More
The New Orleans Propeller Club will honor Rear Adm. Joel Whitehead, retired former commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, as the 2021 Maritime Person of the Year. Whitehead… Read More
Capt. Lowell Maymon Brooks, 86, of English, Ind., died October 10 at his home with family. Brooks began his career in 1959 as a deckhand on the old Philip… Read More
Capt. Robert Earl “Bobby” Powell, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died August 6 of heart failure. He had a long and distinguished river career, starting with working on his… Read More
Master Marine, a shipyard located on seven acres on Bayou La Batre, Ala., at Mile 117 GIWW East, has delivered a new towboat, the mv. Otto, to Marine Chartering… Read More
Port Milwaukee and The DeLong Company Inc. broke ground October 15 on a nearly $35 million agricultural maritime export facility on Jones Island. Representatives from the port, DeLong and… Read More
The logistics mess has been of concern to farm groups for the past year and longer. As consumer spending rebounded from the COVID-19 lockdown, an existing container imbalance got… Read More
Capt. Ralph Morley “Tinker” Carson, 86, of Amherst, Va., died September 21 in Lynchburg, Va. He worked for Union Mechling and served as the original master on the 10,500… Read More
Capt. Silver Capt. Stanley Walter Silver, 80, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., died in his home with family on September 6 after a period of illness. Silver retired… Read More
