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Capt. Royal “Roy” Veal is captain aboard the mv. Kelso, a 1,200 hp. towboat assigned to Turn Services’ Dockside Fleet.

Turn Services, a New Orleans-based provider of fleeting and towing services, recently announced an expansion with a new fleeting location near Houston.

New hires, promotions, awards and announcements in the New Orleans area.

NEW ORLEANS – The World Trade Center has announced the following appointments to the World Trade Center New Orleans Board of Directors: William (Will)

The New Orleans-based fleet operator has a new facility outside Houston.

July 16, 2021 By Waterways Journal Mason Bland has been promoted to director of finance for Associated Terminals and Turn Services. He will be responsible for leading the budgeting, forecasting, implementation and business strategic analysis of the financial team for the companies. Bland graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2013 with a B.S. in accounting. He began his career as a financial analyst at St. James Steved...

April 20, 2021 By Frank McCormack RiverWorks Discovery partnered with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center April 14 to host a first-of-its-kind Who Works The Rivers online career education event. The free event was open to students and RiverWorks Discovery supporters alike, in Kentucky and beyond.  Using an online platform from Covington, Ky.-based IT company ULIMI, Who Works The Rivers leaders were able to share an overview of t...

March 1, 2021 By Frank McCormack Global Maritime Ministries (GMM), a New Orleans-based organization that serves seafarers and inland mariners who call on ports in southeast Louisiana, along with the region’s broader maritime community, typically presents a pair of awards to local maritime leaders during its annual gala event. With ongoing restrictions due to COVID-19, though, Global Maritime Ministries Executive Director Philip V...

January 22, 2021 By Shelley Byrne As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the retirement of Doug Stevenson after a 29-year career as director of SCI’s Center for Seafarer Rights, based in Port Newark, N.J., the organization has hired Phillip C. Schifflin Jr. as its new director of the Center for Mar...

December 18, 2020 By David Murray In the top story of 2020, an invisible virus has, to date, caused more than a million and a half deaths worldwide, sickened tens of millions more, overwhelmed the health care facilities of many countries at times, and upended the global economy, completely reshaping some industries. It is a story that is far from over, but whose end may be in sight. After crash development by an emergency team unde...