Archive of: Brownwater News Article
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Last coal-fired ferry has a yesterday, today, tomorrowCoal passers have shoveled the black fuel into the stoker. A pair of Skinner Unaflow steam engines are churning at 95 rpm. The captain knows he’ll be pivoting off the anchor when it’s time to dock. |
February 2014 |
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Weeks Marine suction dredge vital to restoring Louisiana’s coastlineOn a drizzly Gulf Coast morning in March, the Weeks Marine cutter suction dredge C.R. McCaskill was pumping a thick mud sludge of dredge spoil through a 30-inch diameter pipe at 400 psi on a six-mile journey into Louisiana’s marshland. It took the mud 25 minutes to reach its destination. |
August 2013 |
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Drought means less cargo, fewer barges and higher costs for towboat operatorsThe Midwest’s worst drought in decades has resulted in a complicated and costly shipping season for companies operating on the Mississippi River. |
December/January 2013 |
Ship carrying iron runs aground in St. Lawrence SeawayThe Canadian vessel Sedna Desgagnes, with a load of raw iron, ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway |
Web Bulletin 2012 | |
Coast Guard presents safety award to Chicago port captainThe Coast Guard presented a Meritorious Service Award to Wendella Sightseeing's Capt. Michael McElroy |
Web Bulletin 2012 | |
Kirby agrees to acquire Allied Transportation for $116MKirby Corp. has agreed to buy Allied Transportation for $116 million to add more offshore tugboat and barge services |
Web Bulletin 2012 | |
Mississippi River, industrial canal cleared of vessels as hurricane approachesThe Coast Guard said it would close the Mississippi River, and all vessels were being cleared from the river and industrial canal as Hurricane Isaac approached |
Web Bulletin 2012 | |
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Towing company draws on chief’s background as a naval architectJantran Inc. has taken delivery of Lucy Janoush, a twin-screw 4,000-hp towboat designed by the towing company’s president. |
American Tugboat Review 2012 |
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Despite slow economy, some towboat yards still built several boatsSeveral inland shipyards saw no shortage of towboat orders in 2011 and some made several multi-boat deliveries to new and repeat customers. |
American Tugboat Review 2012 |
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Overnight river cruises stage comeback as American Queen sails againThe return of the refurbished American Queen sternwheeler to the U.S. inland waterways system marks a major milestone in the rebirth of the American river cruising industry. |
May 2012 |