The U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Economic Development Administration (EDA), has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the University of West Alabama, located in Livingston, Ala., to boost barge… Read More
Alabama
The second of a pair of 3,600 hp., retractable-pilothouse towboats, an integral piece of Enterprise Marine Services’ current build program, was completed recently. The mv. Maggie Rae, built by Steiner… Read More
Despite the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark Burchfield, owner of RMB Marine Services, sees opportunities in the maritime industry: namely, the opportunity for his harbor and fleeting… Read More
By Keith Norrington Reportedly one of the hardest-working riverboats in the Southeast, the extant snagboat Montgomery was constructed for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers by the Charleston Dry Dock… Read More
Over the past decade, the northern part of Alabama, including the state’s second most populous city of Huntsville, has seen remarkable growth. Not only has Huntsville in recent years leapfrogged… Read More
Master Marine Inc. (MMI), Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot mv. Iron Lady to Plimsoll Marine. The Iron Lady is the first in a series of… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $1 billion in infrastructure improvements September 16 through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. Funding has been awarded… Read More
Hurricane Sally made landfall in the early morning hours September 16 near Gulf Shores, Ala., as a Category 2 storm. Remarkably, Sally made landfall 16 years to the day—almost to… Read More
Despite months of restrictions related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the maritime industry has soldiered on, transporting the cargoes that feed and fuel the nation and… Read More
With two tropical systems forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast August 25 and 26, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) Development Council has canceled its 38th annual conference, which was… Read More
