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Port of Mobile Welcomes Its Largest Bulk Carrier The bulk carrier Maran Courage was loaded with 133,000 short tons of coal at the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

The bulk carrier Maran Courage was loaded with 133,000 short tons of coal at the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

Port of Mobile Welcomes Its Largest Bulk Carrier

March 23, 2020

The Alabama State Port Authority announced it has welcomed the largest bulk cargo ship ever to call on the Port of Mobile. The bulk carrier Maran Courage measures more than… Read More

Parker Towing Christens Two Vessels In Mobile, Ala. The Normond McAllister and Hamp Uzzelle are the newest additions to the Parker Towing fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Normond McAllister and Hamp Uzzelle are the newest additions to the Parker Towing fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Parker Towing Christens Two Vessels In Mobile, Ala.

November 27, 2019

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened a pair of towing vessels November 15, naming them for longtime friends and business associates Normond McAllister and the late George Hampton “Hamp” Uzzelle… Read More

Wickliffe’s Economy Boat Store Rededicated After Weathering Storm Ballard County Judge-Executive Todd Cooper cuts the ribbon to officially open Economy Boat Store as operations manager Barry Kelly (left), Wickliffe Mayor David Phillips, David Reynolds, managing director of Economy Boat Store, and Chaplain Kempton Baldridge look on.

Ballard County Judge-Executive Todd Cooper cuts the ribbon to officially open Economy Boat Store as operations manager Barry Kelly (left), Wickliffe Mayor David Phillips, David Reynolds, managing director of Economy Boat Store, and Chaplain Kempton Baldridge look on.

Wickliffe’s Economy Boat Store Rededicated After Weathering Storm

October 25, 2019

The windstorm that decimated Economy Boat Store (EBS) in Wickliffe, Ky., two years ago wasn’t the first natural disaster the company has faced, but through it all the store has… Read More

Corps, Alabama Sign Mobile Harbor Agreement Col. Sebastien Joly and James Lyons sign PED agreement at the Alabama State Port Authority’s headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Col. Sebastien Joly and James Lyons sign PED agreement at the Alabama State Port Authority’s headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Corps, Alabama Sign Mobile Harbor Agreement

October 4, 2019

Leaders of the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) and the Mobile Engineer District jointly signed the Mobile Harbor Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design Agreement October 2 at ASPA’s headquarters in Mobile. Read More

Corps Endorses Mobile Harbor Deepening

September 13, 2019

The harbor deepening movement taking the nation’s coastal waterways by storm has come to Alabama’s Port of Mobile. The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) has announced that the U.S. Army… Read More

Corps’ Dredge Quality Management Program Set To Move Inland

June 17, 2019

A key Corps of Engineers program has been quietly installing sensors on dredges—both its own and those used by its contractors—and gathering millions of data points to better monitor and… Read More

Plimsoll Takes Delivery Of First Two Boats From Blakeley BoatWorks According to Blakeley and Plimsoll, the mv. Virginia is the first towboat to

Plimsoll Takes Delivery Of First Two Boats From Blakeley BoatWorks

March 1, 2019

Plimsoll Marine, which operates 19 towboats that offer fleeting and shifting services for Cooper Consolidated between Baton Rouge, La., and Head of Passes on the Lower Mississippi River, recently took… Read More

Mobile Engineer District Christens Survey Boat

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