Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) welcomed Nick Boykin as its new director of communications and membership October 5. Boykin was most recently senior marketing and communications manager for the… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Barkley Lock on the Cumberland River reopened to commercial and recreational traffic at noon September 30 after nearly two months of dewatering, inspections and repairs, according to KBSI in… Read More
TOLEDO, Ohio — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has begun dredging Toledo Harbor, the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes. The work is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District has awarded Mike Hooks LLC, Westlake, La., a $36.49 million contract for maintenance dredging of a 12-mile section of the… Read More
The U.S. Navy announced September 17 that it has awarded three competitive Prototype Other Transaction (OT) agreements to Conrad Shipyard, LLC of Orange, Texas; Master Boat Builders, Inc. of… Read More
Beth Branch has been elected to serve a two-year term on the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) board of directors. She was elected to an at-large seat… Read More
Master Boat Builders recently launched Titan (H502), the third RApport 3000-class escort tug in a four-vessel series being built for Suderman & Young Towing Company. The 98-foot tug… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has welcomed the Rev. Charles Uhlik as its newest Ministry on the River chaplain. Based in St. Louis, Uhlik will serve mariners along the… Read More
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article titled, “The Cost of Transporting Pretty Much Everything Just Won’t Stop Going Up,” focusing on diesel fuel costs — up by… Read More
C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the 2,600 hp. mv. Capt. Pete Ciaramitaro to Southern Devall. The Belle Chasse, La., shipyard delivered the inland towboat just over two… Read More
