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Marine Solutions Builds Engineering Practice Marine Solutions’ Tri-Tie Dolphins use a vertical king pile and two batter piles connected at the pile cap. Eliminating lower bracing allows the structures to absorb berthing forces while reducing debris accumulation, field welding and maintenance requirements. (Photo courtesy of Marine Solutions)

Marine Solutions’ Tri-Tie Dolphins use a vertical king pile and two batter piles connected at the pile cap. Eliminating lower bracing allows the structures to absorb berthing forces while reducing debris accumulation, field welding and maintenance requirements. (Photo courtesy of Marine Solutions)

Marine Solutions Builds Engineering Practice

September 18, 2026

Marine Solutions Inc. began with divers working below the waterline, inspecting structures, removing sediment and clearing trash racks. That field experience gradually led the Nicholasville, Ky.-based company into marine… Read More

Engineers Keep The Wheels Turning Andrew Autore, Blessey Marine Services; Diego Granados, ARTCo; Tim Lehky, Excell Marine; Ethan Palma, Associated Terminals; Frank Taylor, Hines Furlong Line

Andrew Autore, Blessey Marine Services; Diego Granados, ARTCo; Tim Lehky, Excell Marine; Ethan Palma, Associated Terminals; Frank Taylor, Hines Furlong Line

Engineers Keep The Wheels Turning

August 14, 2026

They may not spend a watch in the wheelhouse or appear in line-handling reels on TikTok, but they’re nonetheless indispensable to the 24-hour movement of towboats on the… Read More

The Indiana Helped Usher In A New Era The steamer Indiana in a Ward ad in the November 15, 1930 WJ. (From the author’s collection.)

The Indiana Helped Usher In A New Era

April 17, 2026

The last column was inspired by a near century old pay ledger that had been repurposed into a scrapbook by riverman Palmer Fisher, a friend of many years to… Read More

MP Expands Fleet With Trio Of Towboats The mv. Jason Livingston was built by John Bludworth Shipyard for Maritime Partners Inc. (Photo courtesy of John Bludworth Shipyard)

The mv. Jason Livingston was built by John Bludworth Shipyard for Maritime Partners Inc. (Photo courtesy of John Bludworth Shipyard)

MP Expands Fleet With Trio Of Towboats

May 30, 2025

Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners recently took delivery of the last of three new towboats built by John Bludworth Shipyard at its 11-acre facility on the Corpus Christi (Tex.) Ship… Read More

Ingram Christens Two Vessels In Paducah Ingram Paducah Christening 002

Ingram Christens Two Vessels In Paducah

May 23, 2025

Ingram Marine Group christened two towboats after longtime employees during a ceremony May 6 in Paducah, Ky. The mv. Len O’Connor is a new towboat from Houma-La.-based Main… Read More

CT Marine: Three Generations of Innovation, Family Leadership, and America’s Waterways

October 2, 2024

For more than three decades, CT Marine has built a reputation for innovation and craftsmanship in naval architecture and marine engineering. At the heart of that story… Read More