JMS Naval Architects reported February 10 that it designed a 500-ton-capacity floating drydock for Biblia Inc. Marine Towing & Transportation of Savannah, Ga. The drydock is currently under… 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.
The clock is ticking for small shipyards hoping to receive funding from a popular Department of Transportation Maritime Administration grant program. Applications for the 2021 installment of the Small… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards, with operations scattered throughout south Louisiana, has delivered a steel flood gate, measuring 84 feet long, 40 feet wide and 19 feet high, to the St. Read More
Vessel Repair, a Port Arthur, Texas-based shipyard specializing in the new construction and repair of towboats and barges, has added a new 280-foot drydock and a two-barge transfer system… Read More
Conrad Shipyard has announced delivery of a pair of 30,000-barrel asphalt barges to Parker Towing Company of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Named the PTC 2001 and the PTC 2002, the double-skinned… 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
Members of the Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group family, who incurred almost a direct hit from Hurricane Michael in October 2018 when the storm made landfall at… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipyard industry, announced its 2020 annual shipyard safety awards on August 13. SCA honors shipbuilding and repair organizations… Read More
Harvey, La.-based Bollinger Quick Repair (BQR), part of the Bollinger Shipyards LLC family of companies, recently took delivery of a new 3,400-ton drydock named “Mr. Eddie.” “We are… Read More
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), a trade association representing the U.S. shipbuilding and vessel repair industry, has announced new board leadership following the conclusion of Terry O’Brien’s term… Read More
