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ABS held a ribbon-cutting ceremony January 8 to formally open its new global headquarters in Spring, Texas. “This is a significant milestone in our 157-year history and reaffirms our commitment… Read More

Robert L. Scragg, 91, died January 1 at the Suwannee Health and Rehab Center in Live Oak, Fla. A World War II Navy veteran, Scragg worked in the 1950s as… Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance announced the publication of the 2017 Domestic Vessel Annual Report. The announcement was posted December 11 by Lt. Amy Midgett on… Read More

The Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard accepted a salvage plan developed by salvors Big River Salvage and McKinney Salvage to retrieve barges pinned against the McAlpine… Read More

The Coast Guard responded January 8 to a sunken towing vessel, the mv. Tom Bussler, near the Kentucky Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector… Read More

The 2019 meeting of the Missouri River Navigators will again be held in Kansas City, Mo., at the National Weather Service Training Center on February 13. The meeting is scheduled… Read More

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Paul Moore, CEO of South Louisiana Methanol (SLM), announced January 4 a plan to build a new $2.2 billion methanol complex on a 1,500-acre… Read More

The pilothouse of the mv. Zeus was sheared off after it made contact with the PPU (Peoria and Pekin Union) Bridge on the Illinois River in East Peoria, Ill. The… Read More

Washington, D.C.—The National Maritime Center (NMC) announced several actions to mitigate the impact on mariners of the partial government shutdown. Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) (National Endorsements only) and Medical Certificates… Read More