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The availability and effectiveness of a vaccine for COVID-19 will be the single biggest factor driving any economic recovery in the coming months. That was the opening message… Read More

The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI) is celebrating its first decade in business. In 2010, Gregory Beers and Cory Wood, founders of Bristol Harbor Group Inc. (BHGI), purchased the… Read More

Brian Bailey, director of safety and environmental stewardship for The American Waterways Operators, has been named a 2020 Rising Star of Safety by the National Safety Council. He was… Read More

For the week ending October 29, outstanding (unshipped) export sales of corn, wheat, and soybeans reached a record 64 million metric tons (mmt.), the U.S. Department of… Read More

Conrad Industries Inc. reported November 16 a net loss of $3.6 million, or -72 cents per share, for the third quarter. That compares to net income of $938,000, or… Read More

The failure of a weld ultimately led to a barge breaking loose from its mooring and heavily damaging a pier in November of last year, the National Transportation Safety… Read More

Roger Kellner Roger Leason Kellner, 93, of Paducah, Ky., retired officer of Bradshaw & Weil Marine Agency, died October 28, 2020, at his home. He was a past… Read More

Matt Sitka Callan Marine has announced the hiring of Matt Sitka as chief financial officer. A 15-year veteran of the industrial services, dredging, and marine construction industry, Sitka… Read More

Barge-builder and infrastructure firm Arcosa Inc. reported increased dry barge margins and double-digit growth in revenues in the third quarter but saw a weakness in liquid barge orders, which… Read More

Svitzer and Caterpillar signed a Global Services Agreement November 18 designed to increase vessel up-time, drive service efficiency, and extend Svitzer’s overall service experience with Caterpillar. As the world’s… Read More