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Turn Services Files Permit Application For Barge Fleet Expansion

February 22, 2023

Turn Services, a New Orleans-based provider of barge towing and fleeting services, has filed a permit application with the New Orleans Engineer District to expand the company’s barge fleet in… Read More

Dredge Capsizes Near Meraux, La., On Lower Miss An aerial shot of the W.B. Wood after it capsized on the Mississippi River with 940 feet of boom around it near Meraux, La., on January 16. The Coast Guard Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division is overseeing the pollution response and coordinating with Wood Resources LLC on plans to salvage the capsized vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Sector New Orleans)

An aerial shot of the W.B. Wood after it capsized on the Mississippi River with 940 feet of boom around it near Meraux, La., on January 16. The Coast Guard Sector New Orleans Incident Management Division is overseeing the pollution response and coordinating with Wood Resources LLC on plans to salvage the capsized vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Sector New Orleans)

Dredge Capsizes Near Meraux, La., On Lower Miss

January 20, 2023

The cutter suction dredge W.B. Woods, owned and operated by Avondale, La.-based Wood Resources, capsized January 16 off the east bank of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Mile… Read More

Turn Services To Add Retractable Towboat To Houston-Area Fleet Operations The retractable-wheelhouse mv. Zenyatta was previously the fixed-wheelhouse Rick Pumphrey of Blessey Marine. (Photo courtesy of Turn Services)

The retractable-wheelhouse mv. Zenyatta was previously the fixed-wheelhouse Rick Pumphrey of Blessey Marine. (Photo courtesy of Turn Services)

Turn Services To Add Retractable Towboat To Houston-Area Fleet Operations

October 14, 2022

Back in 2009, Verret Shipyard built a 55- by 20-foot, 1,000 hp. towboat with a spider deck called the mv. Donnie, named after Verret Shipyard President Ted Verret’s late brother. Read More

MarAd Announces 2022 Small Shipyard Grant Recipients

July 22, 2022

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) has announced it has awarded $19.6 million as part of the Small Shipyard Grant Program to 24 shipyards in 19 states. The… Read More

40 Under 40 Awards: Irby, Kimery, Kimmel And Lott 40 Under 40 honorees Shane Irby, Jeffrey “Todd” Kimery, Andrew Kimmel and Lucian Lott.

40 Under 40 Awards: Irby, Kimery, Kimmel And Lott

July 1, 2022

For the fifth year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders were honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions… Read More

Remembering Longtime Towboat Captain Willie Chauvin Jr. Capt. Willie Chauvin Jr.

Remembering Longtime Towboat Captain Willie Chauvin Jr.

June 24, 2022

Willie Chauvin Jr., a longtime and beloved towboat captain and native of Marrero, La., died June 11 at his home in Loranger, La. He was 75. Chauvin was born August… Read More

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg

February 25, 2022

Hinds Community College in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted a Who Works the Rivers (WWR) career discovery day February 11, with about 150 high school juniors and seniors from five area schools… Read More

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