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DSC Dredge Hosts Annual Dredge Operators Training Course DSC Dredge’s new cutter suction dredge design, called the “Sharkuda,” is a wide format swinging ladder dredge that features a spud glider system that allows the unit to move while continuing to dredge.

DSC Dredge’s new cutter suction dredge design, called the “Sharkuda,” is a wide format swinging ladder dredge that features a spud glider system that allows the unit to move while continuing to dredge.

DSC Dredge Hosts Annual Dredge Operators Training Course

February 28, 2020

Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge held its annual dredge operators training course February 5 at the Omni Royal Orleans in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Known as the “Dreducation Class,”… Read More

Dredging Front-And-Center At Trade Conference

February 28, 2020

The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council and The Coal Institute held the annual World Trade & Transport Conference February 20 at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel in New… Read More

Coast Guard Orders Four Bouchard Tows Tied Up

February 28, 2020

Citing problems with manning and available onboard fuel, the Coast Guard issued Captain of the Port (COTP) Orders in four ports to Bouchard Transportation Company of Melville, N.Y. A… Read More

The Steamer Bluff City The Bluff City as a new boat at the Howard Shipyard in 1896. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Steamer Bluff City

February 24, 2020

Of the many beautiful steamboats owned by the famed Anchor Line, all were sidewheelers save for one. Built at a cost of $36,500 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville,… Read More

Corps Partners With NOLA Industry For Safety Training Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gather for a group photo alongside Chalmette Slip, part of Associated Terminals’ Arabi, La., base of operations as part of the January 30 floating plant safety course. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gather for a group photo alongside Chalmette Slip, part of Associated Terminals’ Arabi, La., base of operations as part of the January 30 floating plant safety course. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps Partners With NOLA Industry For Safety Training

February 24, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville, Ala.-based Learning Center hosted a floating plant safety course in New Orleans, La., January 30. The Corps (USACE) holds two floating plant… Read More

Administration: No Taxes For Infrastructure Washington Waves

Administration: No Taxes For Infrastructure

February 21, 2020

Washington, D.C.—A top Trump administration official let congressional Democrats know talk of taxes remains a non-starter for any effort to pass an infrastructure package this year. “We’re not… Read More

CORBA Discusses Future Of Container Service

Tim Pickering (third from right) of the U.S. Maritime Administration presents a certificate designating a Nucor Steel’s hauling of steel coils by barge from Gallatin, Ky., to customers via the Port of Louisville as a marine highway project. The Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Regional Council of Governments was the project sponor. Partners included Nucor Steel, the Central Ohio River Business Association and several ports in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

CORBA Discusses Future Of Container Service

February 21, 2020

Roughly 80 river industry professionals gathered February 13 to hear about the future of container on barge service during a panel discussion at the Central Ohio River Business Association’s… Read More

Capt. Bo Tucker, Crescent Towing Capt. Bo Tucker.

Capt. Bo Tucker, Crescent Towing

February 21, 2020

Capt. Bo Tucker has worked aboard tugs—primarily in Mobile, Ala.—for the better part of 30 years. Tucker said he actually started out in construction, but he had some uncles… Read More

Along The St. Louis Levee The steamers Spread Eagle and Dubuque at the St. Louis waterfront. (Keith Norrington collection)

Along The St. Louis Levee

February 14, 2020

Undoubtedly taken from the Eads Bridge, this week’s Old Boat Column image presents a busy scene at St. Louis in 1903. Spread Eagle In the foreground is… Read More

FMT Continues Growth With 15-Boat Build Program Towboat nearing completion at Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

FMT Continues Growth With 15-Boat Build Program

February 14, 2020

Florida Marine Transporters (FMT), which operates one of the largest privately-owned fleets of towboats and barges at work on the nation’s inland waterways, is in the midst of… Read More

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