• Joe Rella has been named president of St. Johns Shipbuilding, Palatka, Fla. Rella, who received his undergraduate degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, in Kings… Read More
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In the Old Boat column that appeared in the September 18, 2023, issue of The Waterways Journal, the history of the first towboat built for the Socony Vacuum Oil Company,… Read More
A delegation from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, along with Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Ala.), visited a trio of shipyards along the Gulf Coast March… Read More
Dan Wise, president and owner of St. Rose, La.-based Gnots Reserve Inc., is a proud grandfather. Between his children, Danielle Hymel and Dane Wise, who both oversee the company’s day-to-day… Read More
For more than three quarters of a century, the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) has deployed in low-water months anywhere from Cairo, Ill., to Head of Passes near… Read More
A flurry of recent stories in the media has reported on China’s breakneck efforts to become “the world’s shipyard.” The Chinese government has built modern new yards and forged close… Read More
SEAFAR, a Belgian tech and service provider specializing in remote-controlled and crew-reduced inland navigation, announced that it has established Germany’s inaugural Remote Operations Center in collaboration with project partners HGK… Read More
The last column looked at the John W. Hubbard (Way’s T1444), a steam sternwheel towboat built by Dravo in 1936 for Campbell Transportation of Pittsburgh. It was the second of… Read More
Texas A&M University at Galveston announced on February 29 that, effective next fall, it is reducing fees for current and future out-of-state students seeking a merchant mariner license from the… Read More
Following years of annual net decreases in tonnage, the Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) has now logged two years in a row of tonnage growth. After recording nearly 239.3 million… Read More
