The 8th Annual Glenn Otero Golf Tournament benefitting Children’s Hospital-New Orleans was held on March 21. The first tournament was hosted by Turn Services team members to benefit Glenn Otero, a… Read More

(The planned Jeffboat closure) is sadly not surprising and with the new regulations of Subchapter M and again, just like what was experienced in the ’70s when towboats were being… Read More

Marty Shell, president of Five Rivers Distribution in Fort Smith and Van Buren—both in Arkansas—was appointed to the Arkansas Waterways Commission by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in March. The Arkansas Waterways… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has issued a memo taking back authority previously granted regional administrators on actions such as reviewing and replacing the controversial… Read More

April 2018 Contracts

April 9, 2018

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico, Southwest Pass Cutterhead Dredge Rental No. 1-2018, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (OM-18-275). To Manson Construction Co., for $11,318,750.00 (base ONLY) – w/options $21,267, line items 1 and 2, on February 26, 2018 by New Orleans Engineer District. W912P818B0013/W912P818C0014. Environmental Observers for the Hopper Dredge McFarland. To Remsa Inc., for $29,928, line item 1, on February 26, 2018, by Philadelphia Engineer District. W912BU18T0009/W912BU18P0024. Dredge Boat Haulout Area at US Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, Barnegat Light, New Jersey. To Albert Marine, for $487,940, line item B-1, on February 27, 2018 by Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland. 70Z08318BPCR00100/70Z08318CPCR00100. Read More