The Coast Guard has announced in the Federal Register that it is seeking public comment on a proposal to expand regulations on vessel financial responsibility for tank vessels greater than 100 gross tons as required by statute, and to make other amendments that clarify and update reporting requirements, reflect current practice, and remove unnecessary regulations.
This proposed rule would ensure that the Coast Guard has current information when there are significant changes in a vessel’s...
Callan Marine’s new cutter suction dredge General MacArthur has now received its U.S. Coast Guard certificate of inspection (COI) and ABS classification. The dredge pushed off the dock in Belle Chasse, La., Saturday, May 16, and headed straight to some other Texas projects and will then transit to Corpus Christi for Phase II of that port’s channel deepening and widening project (see earlier story).
The General MacArthur is 290 feet long, and with its 180-foot idler barge attached, the dredge has...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/new-callan-marine-dredge-enters-service/
Maj. Gen. R. Mark Toy will transfer command of the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), to Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland in a formal change of command ceremony June 30 at 10 a.m. at MVD headquarters.
Due to the current conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will not be open to the public, but will be live streamed on Facebook @mississippivalleydivision.
Toy, division commander and president of the Mississippi River Commission (MRC), has been assigned...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/change-of-command-at-usace-mississippi-valley-division/
C&C Marine and Repair’s Belle Chasse, La., shipyard last month completed the first in a series of towboats of the same design that it will deliver to Metairie, La., Maritime Partners.
Named Paula M. Sperry for the mother of Maritime Partners co-founder and COO Austin Sperry, the boat has been leased to and will be operated by Centerline Logistics and its wheelhouse carries the lion’s head logo adopted by that company when it rebranded from the Harley Marine Services name.
The vessel measures 84...
Field machining specialist Mactech Inc. has joined Thordon Bearings’ global network of sales and service agents to support the Canadian manufacturer in the Wisconsin, Michigan, Chicago, Minnesota and U.S. Great Lakes areas.
Mactech develops and manufactures its own product line for in-field machining and has an active on-site service division. Thi is the first time the company has agreed to partner with another manufacturer.
“We tend to sell our own products as a rule, but Thordon is the...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/mactech-joins-thordon-sales-and-service-network/
On April 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s dredge Jadwin allided with the Highway 190 bridge pier in Baton Rouge, La. As a result of the allision, the Jadwin’s tender M/V Sanderford capsized and sank.
In addition to supporting the U.S. Coast Guard in its data collection investigation of the incident, the Corps is conducting its own comprehensive safety review, both of which will help to determine the cause of the allision.
“Fortunately,” says Jessica Dulaney,...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/usace-dredge-hits-bridge-tender-vessel-sinks/
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia-based Harken Towing, which has operations along the Fraser River, is converting its vessels’ tailshaft bearings to Thordon’s RiverTough bearing system following its success aboard the 47.7 foot twin-screw tug Granny Hutch.
Since the first installation in 2015, Harken Towing, which operates a fleet of ten shift tugs, five continuous tugs and nine aluminum water taxis, has installed RiverTough to an additional three tugs and plans to convert its remaining vessels...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/harken-towing-to-install-thordon-rivertough-fleet-wide/
Despite taking a one-time tax benefit of $50.8 million from the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act barge giant Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) reported a net loss of $248.5 for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, compared with earnings of $44.3 million for the 2019 first quarter. Excluding one-time items in the 2020 first quarter, net earnings were $35.3 million per share. Consolidated revenues for the 2020 first quarter were $643.9 million compared with $744.6 million...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/tugs-barges/kirby-reports-red-ink-first-quarter/
Metal Shark’s Bayou La Batre, Ala., shipyard has delivered its first newbuild, a 120 foot x 35 foot river towboat for Florida Marine Transporters, Inc. (FMT) of Mandeville, La.
Designed by John W. Gilbert Associates, Inc., the four-decked, welded-steel, USCG Subchapter “M”-compliant Stephanie Pasentine is Louisiana-based Metal Shark’s first-ever steel newbuild and also its first inland towboat.
The vessel’s twin Cat 3512C marine diesel engines deliver 2,011 HP each at 1,600 RPM and turn 100 inch...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/metal-shark-alabama-delivers-inland-towboat-to-fmt/
American Commercial Barge Line Holding Corp., as successor to American Commercial Lines Inc., today announced that it has successfully completed its recapitalization and emerged from Chapter 11.
ACBL says it is moving forward as an inland barge transportation leader and continuing to provide customers with safe, reliable and competitive solutions.
It says that with $200 million in new equity capital and having reduced its funded debt by approximately $1 billion, it has a strong financial...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/inland/acbl-completes-recapitalization/