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06/14/2024

Baltimore’s main shipping channel is fully restored to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep, 11 weeks after the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck and collapsed

06/14/2024

Baltimore Channel Opened.

04/05/2024

Interesting discussion.

The head of the trade group representing the tug and barge industry says it’s premature to conclude that changing protocols for tug es**rts or standardizing es**rt rules in all ports across the

04/02/2024

Alternate temporary channel to open marine traffic in Baltimore planned by USCG.

With the first removal of debris from the fallen Francis Scott Key bridge, Coast Guard officials are planning to open a temporary channel that would permit some tugs and barges to transit to the port

04/02/2024

Interesting new safety technology.

02/28/2024

NTSB determines Mississippi River collision caused by towing vessel pilot’s failure to remember agreed-upon passing arrangement.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently that a major barge tow collision on the Mississippi River last year resulted from a towing vessel pilot incorrectly remembering the agreed

01/27/2024

Crowley has first all-electric ship assist tug, the eWOLF.

Master Boat Builders, Coden, Ala., has delivered the 82'x40'x17'9

05/22/2023

Gulf drilling continues to rebound

Leading offshore drilling contractors have picked up in 2023 right where they left off last year. “During the (first) quarter, we booked nearly $900 million of contract backlog,” Tran

04/05/2023

Good article on offshore safety since Deepwater Horizon.

The safety of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has dramatically improved since the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, but progress has been uneven and critical gaps

03/25/2023

Marquette vessel loses part of her tow

At 1:17 a.m., a towboat lost control of its barges while passing under the Mississippi River Bridge in Vicksburg on Wednesday. Vicksburg Bridge Commission Superintendent Herman Smith reports that …

03/11/2023

Hornbeck purchasing six OSVs from Chouest

Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., Covington, La., announced yesterday that it will acquire six high-spec new generation offshore supply vessels from Nautical Solutions LLC, an affiliate of Edison Choue

02/24/2023

Pushboat pilot failed to report bridge allision.

A Louisiana barge-towing vessel struck and damaged a bridge in 2021 but the vessel’s pilot never reported it to authorities, the National Transportation Safety Board said this week. In the early