Marine Highways get $25 million appropriation
03 Mar

Marine Highways get $25 million appropriation

Rich MillerMaritime News,
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) on Wednesday announced the availability of $25 million in funding for America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP), which supports the development and expanded use of America’s navigable waterways and will help improve the nation’s supply chains and the movement of goods. These new resources represent the largest single appropriation of funding…
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AMP president: Support in Washington for Jones Act ‘never higher’
24 Feb

AMP president: Support in Washington for Jones Act ‘never higher’

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding, ,
(WASHINGTON) — Newly elected American Maritime Partnership (AMP) President Ku'uhaku Park on Thursday provided closing remarks on day one of the Capital Link Jones Act & U.S. Flag Shipping Forum. “I’m happy to report that overall support for the Jones Act in Congress and the administration has never been higher than it is today," Park said. "An overwhelming majority of…
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Centerline, Vard to design LNG bunker barge
09 Feb

Centerline, Vard to design LNG bunker barge

Rich MillerMaritime News, Shipbuilding,
(SEATTLE) — Centerline Logistics, one of the nation's largest marine petroleum transportation companies, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Vard Marine, a naval architecture and marine engineering firm with extensive liquefied natural gas experience, to develop a customized 6,000-cubic-meter LNG  bunker barge. The Jones Act-compliant, articulated tug-barge (ATB) unit will be designed to safely navigate U.S. and international…
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Four rescued after tug takes on water, grounds near Fort Lauderdale
04 Feb

Four rescued after tug takes on water, grounds near Fort Lauderdale

Rich MillerCasualty News,
(MIAMI) — Crews from Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations rescued four people from the grounded tugboat Sea Eagle and its barge Thursday approximately 3 miles east of Hillsboro Beach. CBP AMO rescue crews arrived on scene and picked up three people from the attached barge. Station Fort Lauderdale’s crew rescued…
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Poor communication between bridge operator, tow cited in Louisiana collision
28 Jan

Poor communication between bridge operator, tow cited in Louisiana collision

Rich MillerCasualty News,
(WASHINGTON) — Poor communication led to a tow striking a railway swing bridge near Slidell, La., the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in Marine Investigation Report 22/01 released Thursday. On Jan. 12, 2021, an empty hopper barge being pushed by the towing vessel Robert Cenac struck the CSX Rigolets railway swing bridge while it was opening. The bridge sustained…
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Army Corps details $2.2 billion in new spending on inland waterways
19 Jan

Army Corps details $2.2 billion in new spending on inland waterways

Rich MillerMaritime News, ,
(WASHINGTON) — On Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its spending plans outlining the specific inland waterways projects that were allocated funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Specifically, the spending plans will fund the following inland navigation construction projects at $2.22 billion: • Kentucky Lock (Tennessee River): $465.49 million (funded to completion) • Montgomery Lock (Ohio…
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Bankruptcy judge removes Morton Bouchard as CEO of company
02 May

Bankruptcy judge removes Morton Bouchard as CEO of company

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, , , ,
A bankruptcy court judge in Texas in February ordered the beleaguered Bouchard Transportation Co. to immediately remove CEO Morton S. Bouchard III from his position. Bouchard had been the fourth generation of his family to run the 103-year-old towing company based in Melville, N.Y. He and the company declined to comment on the decision or who might succeed him. The order…
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Bankruptcy judge removes Morton Bouchard as CEO of company
02 May

Bankruptcy judge removes Morton Bouchard as CEO of company

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News, , , ,
A bankruptcy court judge in Texas in February ordered the beleaguered Bouchard Transportation Co. to immediately remove CEO Morton S. Bouchard III from his position. Bouchard had been the fourth generation of his family to run the 103-year-old towing company based in Melville, N.Y. He and the company declined to comment on the decision or who might succeed him. The order…
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Weeks flagship dredge builds its name on Jersey shore
01 Oct

Weeks flagship dredge builds its name on Jersey shore

Professional Mariner StaffTugboats & Towing, , ,
The winter of 2018 saw the trailing suction hopper dredge Magdalen vacuuming sand from a borrow site off the coast of Surf City, N.J., and pumping it ashore to replace a 20-foot-high dune reclaimed by the ocean during Hurricane Sandy’s hungry visit in 2012. The 356-foot dredge, built by Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Fla., had recently joined R.N. Weeks…
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