With President Donald Trump signing H.B. 7148 into law on February 3, Congress has officially appropriated $35 million for the Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program, quadrupling the program from… Read More
Shipyards
The latest news from inland and Gulf Coast shipyards, constructing towboats, barges and specialty equipment for today’s inland marine industry. Contract news, shipyard expansions, towboat deliveries and more.
Brownsville, Texas-based Seatrium AmFELS has delivered the hopper dredge Frederick Paup to Manson Construction Company. The dredge departed Brownsville on January 27, bound for Mobile, Ala. In announcing the dredge’s… Read More
When Marquette Transportation Company signed the contract on a new 10,000 hp. towboat from Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine and Repair, company CEO Damon Judd said he knew from early… Read More
Dave Matsuda, former Maritime Administrator and currently a transportation consultant and founder of the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition, has an urgent message for all operators and owners of small shipyards:… Read More
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc., in the headlines recently for having entered into an agreement to acquire the river division of Campbell Transportation Company, has added two new… Read More
A SuppressAll unit from Fire Suppression Industries. Fire risk remains one of the most serious safety and operational threats aboard commercial vessels, particularly in enginerooms and enclosed spaces. A newer… Read More
For more than a century, Berg Propulsion has been refining the science of marine propulsion from its roots along Sweden’s west coast. For nearly four decades in the southeastern United… Read More
Jason Perry Thordon Bearings’ growing presence along the inland waterways has been more than a decade in the making, but the company’s rapid acceleration in recent years has been no… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards announced December 29 that it has signed a contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of four Arctic Security Cutters (ASC), a new class of medium… Read More
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders has announced plans to build a new $60 million, 150,000-square-foot defense- and government-focused shipbuilding facility, which will be located directly across from the company’s… Read More
