Ten Nashville, Tenn., area dams in the Cumberland River basin prevented an estimated $1.8 billion in flood damages in March flooding. Nashville received 7.01 inches of rain March 27–28, making… Read More
Archive: 2021
Failure To Disclose Pre-Existing Conditions By Ted Lucas (Editor’s note: This is the second of three articles written by attorneys from Fox Smith LLC of St. Louis on handling pre-existing… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Marine Accident Brief detailing a fire aboard the dive support vessel Iron Maiden that took place while the vessel was docked… Read More
John Herren has been named CEO of Wood Resources LLC. Herren brings more than 30 years of experience in the offshore energy and marine industry. He most recently held the… Read More
During its annual meeting, members of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association that represents the shipbuilding, maintenance and repair industry in the United States, named two recipients… Read More
Ship 2 Shore Inc., a company providing corrosion preventative coatings, is expanding, recently opening a U.S. sales office and expanding its marketing to the inland marine industry. Based in Burnaby,… Read More
Sometimes it is necessary to work away from home. You may have to further your career and set up your future. With some professions, it is part of the job… Read More
A well-known steam towboat that operated on the Ohio and Mississippi was the John A. Wood. The hull (198 feet in length by 40 feet in width) was built in… Read More
John Prine once sang about Mr. Peabody’s coal train hauling away “Paradise” down by the Green River in western Kentucky. Now, along the Green River, there is no more Peabody,… Read More
A barge broke away from its mooring above Tom Bevill Lock & Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in the overnight hours June 11–12, floating downstream and striking the spillway at… Read More