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C&C Places Superstructure On Forthcoming Weeks Dredge

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C&C Places Superstructure On Forthcoming Weeks Dredge

November 30, 2018

Weeks Marine’s new $60 million cutter suction dredge, the JS Chatry, under construction at C&C Marine & Repair in Belle Chasse, La., reached a major milestone November 27 when the… Read More

Company Salvages Flipped Barge Big River Shipbuilding dispatched a pair of barge-mounted A-frame cranes to the site and successfully flipped the barge and pumped water from its holds on September 16. (Photo courtesy of Big River Shipbuilding Inc.)

Big River Shipbuilding dispatched a pair of barge-mounted A-frame cranes to the site and successfully flipped the barge and pumped water from its holds on September 16. (Photo courtesy of Big River Shipbuilding Inc.)

Company Salvages Flipped Barge

October 1, 2018

On September 12, Vicksburg, Miss.-based Big River Shipbuilding Inc.’s salvage and marine fire fighting unit was called to Mile 673 on the Lower Mississippi River near West Helena, Ark., to… Read More

Towboat That Sank In March In New Orleans Raised The mv. Natalie Jean sank March 12 when the Mississippi River at New Orleans was at flood stage. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The mv. Natalie Jean sank March 12 when the Mississippi River at New Orleans was at flood stage. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Towboat That Sank In March In New Orleans Raised

July 6, 2018

After more than three months at the bottom of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, La., the mv. Natalie Jean was raised June 21 near the New Orleans General Anchorage,… Read More

NTSB Issues Report For 2017 Mckinney Crane Barge Incident

May 25, 2018

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced earlier this month the conclusion of the agency’s investigation into a June 7, 2017, incident involving the breakaway of a moored crane barge… Read More