By Chuck Walker, Mobile Engineer District More than 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi coast, a major restoration project is set to rebuild and strengthen Hancock County’s beaches and… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
In reading about the Lone Star and Kahlke brothers, I am reminded of my visit to what was the remains of the Kahlke brothers’ boat yard back in the 1980s. There is another… Read More
By Aaron Unterreiner, PND Engineers, Inc. Special to The Waterways Journal On a fishing boat in Bristol Bay off the West Coast of Alaska in the late 1970s, a pile… Read More
By an inherited quirk of accepted usage, the Mississippi River and its tributary system are still sometimes referred to as “the Western Rivers,” harkening back to a time when the… Read More
American Cruise Lines (ACL) recently announced that its newest cruise vessel, the American Encore, has successfully passed its sea trials. The vessel has left Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Maryland and is… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the availability of $488,628,000 in Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) funding March 26. At least 25 percent of the available funding — totaling $122,157,000 — is to be allocated for… Read More
The Detroit Engineer District will open the Poe Lock, part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., to all marine traffic at 12:01 a.m. March 25, marking the… Read More
Oil companies have a well-thumbed playbook. Every time a weather event or international incident spooks the oil markets, they bring up the Jones Act to scare the American public. They… Read More
Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine and Repair, a builder of towboats, tugboats, dredges, offshore supply vessels, barges and other marine craft, has grown its footprint with the addition of 24… Read More
Colson Holland Colson Holland, C&B Marine Covington, Ky.-based C&B Marine has announced the promotion of Colson Holland to the position of chief financial officer. Holland joined C&B in March 2025 as controller. “Since joining our team… Read More
