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Historic Elizabeth, Pa., Marine Ways Site To Be Dismantled

September 16, 2022

When Blank River Services, Elizabeth, Pa., sold its drydock and a small towboat to Industry Terminal & Salvage Company recently—and, in doing so, essentially exited the river business—the transaction also… Read More

CGB/Waterfront Services Expands Operations In Cairo, Cape Girardeau

September 9, 2022

CGB/Waterfront Services has expanded operations in Cairo, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., with additional drydocks, tank barge cleaning, hull repairs, dry cargo barge cleaning, a floating crane service and small-scale… Read More

Campbell Performs First Drydock ISE At Georgetown Shipyard Campbell Transportation Company’s Georgetown Shipyard is wrapping up work on First Energy’s mv. Reddy K (right), the first boat to complete its Subchapter M-required Internal Structural Exam (ISE) and required repairs on Campbell’s drydock. To its left is Campbell’s mv. Renee Lynn. (Photo by Mike O'Rourke)

Campbell Transportation Company’s Georgetown Shipyard is wrapping up work on First Energy’s mv. Reddy K (right), the first boat to complete its Subchapter M-required Internal Structural Exam (ISE) and required repairs on Campbell’s drydock. To its left is Campbell’s mv. Renee Lynn. (Photo by Mike O'Rourke)

Campbell Performs First Drydock ISE At Georgetown Shipyard

August 12, 2022

Campbell Transportation Company’s Georgetown Shipyard in Pennsylvania has begun its first drydock internal structural exam (ISE), one of the first few that have begun in the country under the Coast… Read More

Mississippi Marine Adds Two 4,000-Ton Drydocks The D. John is one of two new drydocks designed and built by Mississippi Marine for its own use.

Mississippi Marine Adds Two 4,000-Ton Drydocks

July 22, 2022

Coinciding with its golden anniversary, Mississippi Marine Corporation, the well-known, full-service shipyard located at Greenville, Miss., Lower Mississippi River Mile 538.7 on lower Lake Ferguson, has announced the recent completion… Read More

Owensboro Riverport, Yager Marine Partner For Crane Barge Yager Marine was awarded the bid for a spud barge for a new material handler at the Owensboro (Ky.) Riverport Authority. This photo shows a deck barge currently under construction at Yager Marine. (Photo courtesy of Yager Marine)

Yager Marine was awarded the bid for a spud barge for a new material handler at the Owensboro (Ky.) Riverport Authority. This photo shows a deck barge currently under construction at Yager Marine. (Photo courtesy of Yager Marine)

Owensboro Riverport, Yager Marine Partner For Crane Barge

March 19, 2021

A Kentucky riverport and a marine construction firm based in the same town are working together on a project they hope leads to additional jobs and economic opportunities for their… Read More

Vessel Repair Puts New Drydock Into Service A view of Vessel Repair’s new drydock, highlighting the company’s rail transfer system.

Vessel Repair Puts New Drydock Into Service

December 4, 2020

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 to… Read More

Belle Of Louisville Steams To Gallipolis For Drydock The str. Belle of Louisville sits in drydock at the Amherst Madison repair facility at Gallipolis, Ohio. (Photo by Jim Ross)

The str. Belle of Louisville sits in drydock at the Amherst Madison repair facility at Gallipolis, Ohio. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Belle Of Louisville Steams To Gallipolis For Drydock

November 13, 2020

For the first time in 61 years, the excursion steamboat Belle of Louisville traveled up the Ohio River as far as Gallipolis, Ohio, for its every-five-year Coast Guard inspection and… Read More

Bollinger Quick Repair Adds ‘Mr. Eddie’ Drydock Eddie Barnes stands in front of his namesake drydock, the Mr. Eddie, which was built for Bollinger Quick Repair by Bollinger Shipyards’ Amelia, La., yard. (Photo courtesy of Bollinger Shipyards)

Eddie Barnes stands in front of his namesake drydock, the Mr. Eddie, which was built for Bollinger Quick Repair by Bollinger Shipyards’ Amelia, La., yard. (Photo courtesy of Bollinger Shipyards)

Bollinger Quick Repair Adds ‘Mr. Eddie’ Drydock

July 22, 2020

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 very pleased… Read More

Kindra Marine Adds 1,200-Ton Drydock —photos by Jeff Ellis, courtesy of Kindra Marine Aerial photo of the drydock in use.

Kindra Marine Adds 1,200-Ton Drydock

June 26, 2020

Kindra Marine announced last week that it has acquired a 1,200-ton drydock. The dock, which measures 140 feet long by 50 feet wide with 42 feet between the wing walls,… Read More

Corps Begins Design Work For New Drydock The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to replace one of these 400-ton dry docks at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tenn., with a new, 1,600-to 2,000-ton dry dock. Construction is expected to be complete by February 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Memphis Engineer District)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to replace one of these 400-ton dry docks at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tenn., with a new, 1,600-to 2,000-ton dry dock. Construction is expected to be complete by February 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Memphis Engineer District)

Corps Begins Design Work For New Drydock

April 10, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun plans for a new drydock to inspect and repair Corps and Coast Guard vessels. Bristol Harbor Group Inc. of Bristol, R.I., has… Read More