FMT Shipyard & Repair, the vessel construction and repair arm of Mandeville, La.-based Florida Marine Transporters, is currently working on the third and fourth in a series of five towboats… Read More
Shipyards
The latest news from inland and Gulf Coast shipyards, constructing towboats, barges and specialty equipment for today’s inland marine industry. Contract news, shipyard expansions, towboat deliveries and more.
For more than 50 years now, CGB Waterfront Services Company has been offering shipyard repair and fleeting services to the maritime community from its Cairo, Ill., headquarters. To date, it… Read More
Bouchard Transportation Company Inc. announced March 14 the delivery of ATB unit mv. Evening Breeze and Barge No. 252 (B. No. 252) from VT Halter Marine Inc. and Bollinger Shipyards. Read More
Seattle, Wash.-based Foss Maritime announced February 27 that it is continuing its ongoing fleet expansion program with the keel laying of the first of its new class of ASD 90… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced February 28 that Denise Jones was in the top 10 of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 50 Businesswomen of 2018. Jones, a talent management director… Read More
Shipbuilder Metal Shark announced March 13 that it has established a foothold across the Atlantic with the opening of a dedicated European engineering office in Rijeka, Croatia. The facility currently… Read More
R&D Associates Inc., located on the Ohio River at Ashland, Ky., has been busy doing facility maintenance and upgrades, reports Brad Salyers, general superintendent. “To better serve our customers,” he… Read More
VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded the first of four options for the construction of the Auxiliary Personnel Lighter Small (APLS) Class berthing barges by the U.S. Read More
TPG Chicago Dry Dock LLC was busy last week putting the finishing touches on upgrades to the mv. Nathan S for Calumet River Fleeting, which will perform additional upgrades to… Read More
A beehive of activity, the build-out area of Eymard Marine Construction & Repair at Harvey, La., currently has four towboats in the works, in various stages of completion. Two others… Read More
