The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) honored Joe Pyne, chairman of Kirby Corporation, with a Lifetime Achievement Award during SCI’s annual Maritime Training Benefit Luncheon in Houston April 25. Christian O’Neil… Read More
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Rio Controls & Hydraulics, a subsidiary of Rio Marine, based in Houston, Texas, is opening a division of its hydraulics group in the Port Arthur, Texas, area, the company announced… Read More
Almost three years to the day after the bankruptcy of Sneed Shipbuilding Inc., the “new” yard at Channelview, Texas, now owned by Kirby Corporation and named San Jac Marine LLC,… Read More
Kirby Corporation announced net earnings for the first quarter of $44.3 million, or 74 cents per share, compared with earnings of $32.5 million, or 54 cents per share, for the 2018 first quarter. Excluding certain one-time charges,… Read More
The Port of Brownsville, Texas, set new records in tonnage and total operating revenue in 2018, moving 11.3 million tons of diverse cargos with operating revenues of more than $24.2… Read More
On March 28, the Port of Corpus Christi Commission approved a 50-year lease agreement with Lone Star Ports LLC, a joint venture between the Carlyle Group and the Berry Group. Read More
The Corps of Engineers announced that the almost four-year process of decommissioning and recycling the Sturgis, the world’s first floating nuclear plant, was completed March 18 at the International Shipbreaking… Read More
Twin Disc Inc., the Racine, Wis.-based global leader in power transmission technology, recently broke ground on a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Lufkin, Texas. The new operations center is… Read More
At least 28 vessels were waiting for permission to enter the Houston Ship Channel late on March 24 as a portion of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed following a… Read More
The Greater Houston Port Bureau has named Jim Black, president and CEO of Moran Shipping Agencies Inc., as the recipient of the bureau’s 2019 Maritime Leader of the Year award. Read More
