Rob Erlbacher II, president and owner of Missouri Dry Dock & Repair Inc., one of the most venerated family-owned businesses on the river, has announced he is closing the company… Read More
Company News
The Waterways Journal Inc., doing business as Bound Media Group, has purchased data from IHS Markit publications Barge Fleet Profile, Barge Commodity Profile and Inland Fact Book. The assets were… Read More
Robert Miller, a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering and assistant director of the Watershed Flood Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has been appointed… Read More
As the new freight and maritime manager for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Randy Lane will take over the state’s efforts to improve economic development on the Ohio River… Read More
New Henderson County Riverport Executive Director Ben Weithman is not a stranger to the port business, nor to the construction and agricultural products that move through terminals along the river. Read More
Middle River Marine LLC announced on November 21 the acquisition of assets of Kindra Lake Towing LP of Chicago, Ill. The agreement will expand Middle River’s bulk material logistic operations… Read More
• Kristopher Franklin has joined Heartland Barge Management LLC as equipment sales and leasing manager. He has 25 years of experience in the marine industry with an operational background in… Read More
Wheelhouse Electronics Inc., the well-known marine electronics firm serving the Lower Mississippi River and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from locations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Greenville, Miss., has opened an… Read More
Lockport, La.-based Bollinger Shipyards has reached an agreement to acquire Pascagoula, Miss., shipbuilders VT Halter Marine Inc. and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore (STEHMO) from parent company ST Engineering North… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, the Houston-based parent of marine construction and dredging firm Orion Marine Group, reported third-quarter earnings of $0.2 million, or $0.01 per share, up from a net loss… Read More
