SPI Products—the parent company behind some of the leading buoy and industrial flotation product lines—is getting ready to launch a new product line: a patent-pending lineup of modular floating… Read More
Ports & Terminals
Inland ports run on time-tight schedules. The consequence of delays can be costly, both in terms of reputation and unexpected logistics and inventory costs. These applications require equipment… Read More
IEI Barge Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliant Energy Transportation (AET) of East Dubuque, Ill., announced January 18 that it is supporting a freight study to review… Read More
December 2018’s barge activity at the Port of Little Rock (Ark.) closed the year on a strong note, with 41 barges and 62,000 tons of cargo being moved across… Read More
American Ethane, a Houston-based ethane producer and exporter, announced plans January 14 to build ethane export terminals on the site of Martin Midstream Partners’ Beaumont, Texas, terminal on… Read More
By Jay Benedict Watco Companies Years of declining demand for coal in the Birmingham, Ala., market led to declining shipments for Port Birmingham. In response,… Read More
The Port of Brownsville (Texas) presented West Plains LLC with its 2018 Chairman’s Award in recognition of the company’s investments and rehabilitation efforts of the port’s iconic grain elevator. 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… Read More
On January 7, the Galveston Engineer District awarded a $92 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to deepen and widen a 7.6-mile reach of the Corpus… Read More
The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) voted December 20 to extend its partnership with Ports America, which operates the port’s Napoleon Avenue… Read More
