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Liftboat Capsizes In Gulf Of Mexico, Coast Guard Conducts Search And Rescue A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew heads toward a capsized commerical lift boat April 13. The Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels responded to the capsized vessel and searched for multiple missing people in the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris)

A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew heads toward a capsized commerical lift boat April 13. The Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels responded to the capsized vessel and searched for multiple missing people in the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris)

Liftboat Capsizes In Gulf Of Mexico, Coast Guard Conducts Search And Rescue

April 19, 2021

The liftboat Seacor Power, part of Seacor Marine’s fleet of more than a dozen self-propelled and self-raising vessels that serve the offshore oil, gas and wind industries, capsized April 13… Read More

Port Of Pittsburgh Economic Impact Study Includes Challenges, Opportunities

April 16, 2021

A recent analysis by the Port of Pittsburgh Commission shows the port is directly or indirectly responsible for labor income of $5.5 billion. The economic impact study, titled, “The Port… Read More

PPP Begins Work On New Belle Chasse Bridge Over GIWW

April 16, 2021

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony April 12 for the project to replace the Judge Perez Bridge, a vertical lift bridge over the… Read More

Illinois’ Public Ports Invited To Apply For Grants

April 16, 2021

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) have announced $110 million in grant funding available to the state’s public ports. The Port Facilities Capital Investment Grant… Read More

Corps Completes Determination For Kaskaskia River Harbor Aerial of KRPD No. 2 shows the port facilities and land available for new tenants. The site boasts highway access and is served by the Canadian Railroad. (Photo courtesy of Kaskaskia Regional Port District)

Aerial of KRPD No. 2 shows the port facilities and land available for new tenants. The site boasts highway access and is served by the Canadian Railroad. (Photo courtesy of Kaskaskia Regional Port District)

Corps Completes Determination For Kaskaskia River Harbor

April 16, 2021

The Corps of Engineers has completed its federal interest determination for Kaskaskia Regional Port District (KRPD) No. 2 Harbor, which can now move on to the next step: a full-fledged… Read More

Blakeley BoatWorks Delivers Tier 4 Towboat The mv. Gretchen V. Cooper is powered by two Tier 4 Caterpillar C3512E main engines.

Blakeley BoatWorks Delivers Tier 4 Towboat

April 16, 2021

Blakeley BoatWorks (BBW), the shipbuilding subsidiary of Cooper/T. Smith, has built and delivered an EPA Tier 4-compliant towing vessel to sister company Cooper Marine & Timberlands (CMT). The mv. Gretchen… Read More

Mid-Ohio Valley Statistical Port District Gains Preliminary Approval The Mid-Ohio Valley Port District is a proposed new statistical port comprising nearly 220 miles of the Ohio River between the Huntington Tri-State Port District and the Port of Pittsburgh. It recently received preliminary approval. (Graphic by W.R. Coles & Associates)

The Mid-Ohio Valley Port District is a proposed new statistical port comprising nearly 220 miles of the Ohio River between the Huntington Tri-State Port District and the Port of Pittsburgh. It recently received preliminary approval. (Graphic by W.R. Coles & Associates)

Mid-Ohio Valley Statistical Port District Gains Preliminary Approval

April 16, 2021

A new statistical port district that could become the largest inland port in the United States by freight tonnage has received preliminary approval but awaits a final review. The Mid-Ohio… Read More

DOT Announces Availability $1 Billion In RAISE Grants Washington Waves

DOT Announces Availability $1 Billion In RAISE Grants

April 16, 2021

Washington, D.C—The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of $1 billion in infrastructure funding through RAISE grants, formerly known as BUILD and TIGER grants. “Port projects that promise to… Read More

Brighter Days Ahead For Barged Commodities WJ Editorial

Brighter Days Ahead For Barged Commodities

April 16, 2021

As Americans get vaccinated and return to more normal buying, dining out and driving, the economy is heating up. At the end of March, the S&P Global Ratings site said… Read More

DSC Announces New Marlin Class Dredge Design The new Marlin-class dredge, which will be available in mid-2021, is a 14-inch underwater pump mining dredge equipped with a single 1,125-hp. diesel engine.

The new Marlin-class dredge, which will be available in mid-2021, is a 14-inch underwater pump mining dredge equipped with a single 1,125-hp. diesel engine.

DSC Announces New Marlin Class Dredge Design

April 13, 2021

Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge has announced a new addition to its most-purchased product of the past year, the Marlin Class dredge. The Marlin Class dredge is a highly customizable, underwater… Read More

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