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The 50th anniversary of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) was celebrated in ceremonies at Little Rock, Ark., and Tulsa, Okla.

From Drama at Sea to Urgent Charity Appeal - Your Weekly Logistics Round Up Some of the Freight News You May Have Missed US – In another holiday shortened week our picture shows one of the crew from the fishing vessel Nobska being hauled into a US Coast Guard rescue helicopter last Friday after the wheelhouse and bow were engulfed in flames when the 100 foot stern trawler was working off Cape Cod. A Coast Guard fixed wing aircraft located the trawler and, after retreating to the stern all ...

April 30, 2021 By Frank McCormack The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) has announced the latest round of grant awards through its Small Shipyard Grant Program. MarAd awarded $19.6 million in grants to 31 small shipyards across 15 states.  “Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and small shipyards play a critical role in America’s maritime industry,” U.S. Secretary of ...

MARAD Awards $20 Million in Shipyard Grants Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) on Monday awarded $19.6 million in grants aiming to help 31 shipyards modernize, increase productivity, and expand local employment opportunities while competing in the global marketplace. The grants were awarded to shipbuilding and repair yards in 15 states throughout the U.S. as part of MARADs Small Shipyard Grant P...

Published April 26. 2021 5:49PM  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has awarded $438,690 to the Thames Shipyard & Repair Co. in New London to support the enhancement of its operations. The money will be used to support the purchase of equipment, such as air compressors and hoses, to expand its surface preparation capabilities and achieve a greater capacity and efficiency in the size and number of vessels it is able to service. The award was part of the $19.6 mil...

Gifts for the Saw that Cuts Everything (Photo: Ethan Andrews) select Front Street Shipyard’s new water jet cutting machine (Photo: Front Street Shipyard) Front Street Shipyard recently acquired the largest water jet cutting machine in the state — a five-axis, 3D, Suprema DX 1340 model from Waterjet USA. It cost close to $1 million and can cut just about anything. Much of the actual cutting is done by garnet sand, which is mixed with...

January 22, 2021 By Frank McCormack The clock is ticking for small shipyards hoping to receive funding from a popular Department of Transportation Maritime Administration grant program. Applications for the 2021 installment of the Small Shipyard Grant Program are due February 25. The Small Shipyard Grant Program received $20 million in funding, with $19.6 million available for grants, through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of ...

January 22, 2021 By Shelley Byrne The Port of Huntington Tri-State is the nation’s busiest inland port by freight volume, according to a recently released freight analysis for 2019. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center released data late last year showing the port has overtaken the Ports of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in total volume moved. Both ports are statistical ports with boundaries...