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Mv. Capt. Larry Salyers Honors Longtime McGinnis Employee The mv. Capt. Larry Salyers. (Photo courtesy of McGinnis Inc.)

Mv. Capt. Larry Salyers Honors Longtime McGinnis Employee

September 16, 2022

For 41 years, seven days a week, Bruce McGinnis and Larry Salyers have been each other’s first morning phone call. McGinnis, CEO of McGinnis Inc., hired Salyers, who now serves… Read More

Industry People On The Move – February 2021

February 15, 2021

Jeremy Dyer has joined the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau as operations manager; he will be the primary staff resource for the TPO customer base on the Lower Mississippi River, Gulf… Read More

C&C Completes Fifth 6,600 Hp. Towboat For Marquette Transportation Marquette Transportation offered C&C Marine & Repair the opportunity to name the last vessel of a five-boat series that C&C built for Marquette. The vessel will carry the name of Randy Mauer, C&C’s manager of boatbuilding. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine & Repair)

Marquette Transportation offered C&C Marine & Repair the opportunity to name the last vessel of a five-boat series that C&C built for Marquette. The vessel will carry the name of Randy Mauer, C&C’s manager of boatbuilding. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine & Repair)

C&C Completes Fifth 6,600 Hp. Towboat For Marquette Transportation

May 8, 2020

In March, C&C Marine & Repair, a Belle Chasse, La.-based full-service marine fabrication and repair shipyard, wrapped up construction on the fifth and final boat in a series of 6,600… Read More

Industry Leaders Share Success Stories From ‘Who Works The Rivers’ Brian Karl (left), mechanic for Crescent Towing in New Orleans, speaks to high school students touring the company’s west bank headquarters during a recent Who Works the Rivers event. Andrew Cooper, executive vice president of Crescent Towing, served as tour guide for the students. (Photo courtesy of Crescent Towing)

Brian Karl (left), mechanic for Crescent Towing in New Orleans, speaks to high school students touring the company’s west bank headquarters during a recent Who Works the Rivers event. Andrew Cooper, executive vice president of Crescent Towing, served as tour guide for the students. (Photo courtesy of Crescent Towing)

Industry Leaders Share Success Stories From ‘Who Works The Rivers’

March 6, 2020

RiverWorks Discovery, the educational outreach program of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, has been sponsoring its popular Who Works the Rivers marine industry career discovery… Read More

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MarAd Small Shipyard Grants Total $20 Million

July 27, 2018

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) on July 24 announced awards of more than $20 million in grants to support capital improvements at 29 U.S. small shipyards as… Read More

Gateway Dredging Busy Building Barges At St. Louis Progress is being made on the GDC-43, the first of two sand barges being built by National Maintenance Repair for Gateway Dredging & Contracting LLC.

Progress is being made on the GDC-43, the first of two sand barges being built by National Maintenance Repair for Gateway Dredging & Contracting LLC.

Gateway Dredging Busy Building Barges At St. Louis

October 16, 2017

Gateway Dredging & Contracting LLC, Monroe, Mo., is in the process of building two 130- by 30- by 7-foot, 3-inch sand barges at National Maintenance & Repair in Hartford, Ill. Read More