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Port NOLA moves forward on new container terminal

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reports that it is set to begin the due diligence process for a potential $1.5 billion multimodal container terminal to serve the largest container vessels calling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Following unanimous approval at yesterday’s Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Port NOLA intends to acquire property in St. Bernard Parish and begin a two-year due diligence and permitting period that will include robust community engagement.

Port NOLA says the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/port-nola-moves-forward-on-new-container-terminal/

Hendricks River Logistics restructures terminal services

As coal shipments on U.S. inland waterways continue to decline, terminals at which coal was a primary commodity are having to diversify their business. Hendricks River Logistics, located at Keokuk, Iowa, at Mile 371 on the Mississippi River, recently announced its plan to transform its coal-handling facility into a multimodal terminal that can handle various commodities, including fertilizer, grain, lumber, steel and other dry bulk cargoes via barge, train and truck.

Hendricks River Logistics...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/hendricks-river-logistics-restructures-terminal-services/

Southwest Shipyard delivers TSGI-designed tank barge

The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) reports that Houston’s Southwest Shipyard, L.P. has delivered a 250- by 54- by 12-foot, 6-inch, 23,000 BBL tank barge built to a TSGI-developed design.

The barge’s primary mission is to deliver jet fuel to support U.S. Navy assets. It was designed to ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels for Service on Rivers and Intracoastal Waterways and applicable U.S. Coast Guard rules for barges Subchapter D & O products on rivers.

The barge has six cargo tanks, two...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/southwest-shipyard-delivers-tsgi-designed-tank-barge/

Q&A: John Eckstein, Executive Chairman of Marquette Transportation Company

After 30 years with Marquette Transportation Company, Paducah, Ky., John Eckstein has assumed the role of executive chairman of Marquette and transitioned his duties as CEO to the company’s president, Damon Judd.

In this Q&A web exclusive, we ask Eckstein to talk about his experience over the last few decades with one of the country’s largest providers of marine transportation solutions.

Marquette has three operations, with a strategic mix of vessels powered with the latest marine technology and...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/qa-john-eckstein-executive-chairman-of-marquette-transportation-company/

Federal charges in deadly Branson duck boat case may be dismissed

Kansas City National Public Radio station KCUR reported Friday that U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush has recommended that federal criminal charges be dismissed against three men indicted in relation to the 2018 sinking of a duck boat in Branson, Missouri, that killed 17 people.

The boat’s captain Kenneth Scott McKee was indicted in November 2018 on charges of misconduct, negligence, or inattention to duty by a ship’s officer, resulting in the death of another person. McKee was charged with...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/federal-charges-in-deadly-branson-duck-boat-case-may-be-dismissed/

VIDEO: CITGO Lake Charles unit receives AWO safety award

The American Waterways Operators’ Tankering & Barge Operations Subcommittee has presented its inaugural safety award to AWO affiliate member CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s Lake Charles, La. Marine Department and facility.

The CITGO unit received this award in recognition of its commitment to workplace safety, demonstrated by its requirement that the dock operator be present while someone is transiting the gangway from the facility to a vessel. This practice ensures the safety the individual...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/video-citgo-lake-charles-unit-receives-awo-safety-award/

Marcon releases new push boat market report

The latest newsletter from Coupeville, Wash., headquartered shipbroker Marcon International, Inc. includes an an analysis of the inland river push boat market, based on a longer full market report available from the company.

As of the end of May 2020, the brokerage reports that it was tracking 779 inland river pushboats with 73 officially on the market for sale (57 U.S. flag and 16 foreign flag). Seven of the boats with age listed were built within the last ten years, while 38 boats are...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/marcon-releases-new-push-boat-market-report/

J.F. Brennan wins $13.6 million USACE dredging contract

J. F. Brennan Company Inc., La Crosse, Wis., has been awarded a $13,617,770 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging of Duluth-Superior Harbor.

Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Superior, Wis., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 22, 2022.

Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds in the amount of $13,617,770 were obligated at the time of the award.

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W911XK-20-

The...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/j-f-brennan-wins-13-6-million-usace-dredging-contract/

Mike Ellis named American Commercial Barge Line CEO

American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) and its board of directors have named Mike Ellis, as the company’s new CEO and a member of its board of directors, effective August 17, 2020.

The announcement follows an earlier announcement that Mark Knoy will retire from his positions as president and CEO and member of the board.

“Following a thorough search, we are delighted to welcome Mike Ellis as ACBL’s new CEO, beginning a new chapter in the company’s 100-plus year storied history,” said John Giles,...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/mike-ellis-named-american-commercial-barge-line-ceo/

Port of Green Bay reports robust June tonnage totals

With imports of nearly 110,000 tons of foreign salt and 73,000 tons of limestone, June was a strong month for tonnage moving into and out of the Port of Green Bay Wis., the western-most port of Lake Michigan. Total imports and exports hit nearly 288,000 tons in June to move the year-to-date totals 3% ahead of the same time a year ago.

“Last year was very good for the port, hitting tonnage levels we hadn’t seen since 2007,” said Port Director Dean Haen. “To be ahead of that pace for this year is...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/port-of-green-bay-reports-robust-june-tonnage-totals/

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