Brian Laborde, president and CEO of Laborde Products, joined Zac Metcalf, associate publisher and editor of The Waterways Journal, to discuss the company’s history, engine technology, service network and outlook for… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
President Donald Trump released a presidential memorandum on August 13 meant to boost shipbuilding. Its main focus is to address what everyone acknowledges are long-standing issues with naval procurement… Read More
For years, the Seamen’s Church Institute’s Ministry on the River has maintained a 24-hour toll-free number that mariners and maritime companies can use to reach a chaplain in times… Read More
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy was joined on August 19 by Maritime Administrator Stephen M. Carmel, U.S. Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and leaders from Texas’ Port of… Read More
The Ports of Indiana and the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP) announced August 13 that the 544-acre Mount Vernon megamodal site has earned a Silver designation through REDI Sites… Read More
On August 17, C&C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La., delivered a new idler barge to Orion Marine Construction Inc. The 160-foot barge was designed by The Shearer Group… Read More
J.F. Brennan Company announced that it has acquired the marine operations of Budrovich Contracting Company Inc., establishing a permanent presence in St. Louis, Mo., and building on its longstanding… Read More
The Corps of Engineers announced August 17 that it has granted the long-awaited federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), clearing the way for the nation’s… Read More
From Federal Barge Line and St. Louis’ crowded barge scene to deregulation, single-sideband radio and AI, three shoreside veterans reflected on five decades of inland change. Mark Mayfield, Stephen Rauch… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has established $190 million in new contract capacity for hopper and pipeline dredging along the Texas coast, giving the district a pool of… Read More
