Coastal & Inland Waterways

Brian A. McAllister, chairman emeritus of McAllister Towing, passed away June 29, 2022. Photo courtesy McAllister Towing.

Capt. Brian McAllister of McAllister Towing dies at 89

WorkBoat Staff

The tug was built at Diversified Marine, Portland, Ore. and delivered in 2017. J. Gomes photo

Cook Inlet Tug & Barge adds harbor tug to its fleet

WorkBoat Staff

Leading the port markets is Miami, with a whopping 53.3% year-over-year increase in rental growth, followed by Los Angeles with 45% growth, Orange County with 27%, New York/New Jersey with 26% and Boston with 22.9% to round out the top five. Port of NY/NJ photo

Competition for industrial real estate around ports heats up

WorkBoat Staff

WorkBoat file photo

Towing — Part III

Joel Milton

Golding_pic33 — Golding Barge Line photo

Barge lines and Covid

Pamela Glass

Grain-barges-NOLA-USDA-702x336 — USDA photo/Anson Eaglin

First quarter corn and soybean transport costs fall

WorkBoat Staff

Morrow County Grain Growers Inc. photo

Oregon rail-to-barge grain facility awarded $2 million grant

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Multiple fire departments responded to assist in fighting the Spirit of Norfolk fire. U.S. Navy photo.

Over 100 rescued from Virginia boat fire

Kirk Moore

The Biden administration proposes to create a marine sanctuary in the Hudson Canyon, the undersea gorge that runs from southeast of New York Harbor through the outer continental shelf. Graphic does not represent any boundary line. NOAA image.

Biden administration proposes Hudson Canyon marine sanctuary

Kirk Moore

The steel-cutting ceremony for the 346' trailing suction hopper dredge Galveston Island in 2021. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock announced this week that it had exercised an option to build a sistership. Conrad Shipyard photo

Conrad Shipyard to build second dredge for Great Lakes

WorkBoat Staff

A 46' towing vessel, Catherine, and deck barge, Mobro 130, ran aground and suffered a hull breach resulting in a ruptured fuel tank in the Okeechobee Waterway near Clewiston, Fla., June 4, 2022. There are no pollution concerns. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Tow runs aground in Florida’s Okeechobee Waterway

WorkBoat Staff

There were 475 grain barges unloaded in the New Orleans region, 39% fewer than last week. Ken Hocke photo

Barged grain movements rise for the week, USDA says

WorkBoat Staff

A barge carrying junked household appliances and scrap metal burned on May 23, 2022, about nine miles from Port Mahon, Del. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control photo.

Firefighters, Coast Guard extinguish intense barge fire in Delaware Bay

Kirk Moore