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Verret Shipyard converted a fixed-wheelhouse towboat—which it originally built—into a retractable for Turn Services' La Porte, Texas fleet.

This week's Inland Marine Expo 40 Under 40 honorees are Shane Irby, Jeffrey “Todd” Kimery, Andrew Kimmel and Lucian Lott.

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 under the aegis of Operation Warp Speed, two vaccines have been developed, one by Pfizer-BioNTech and th...

December 14, 2020 By Frank McCormack Turn Services, a New Orleans-based barge fleeting and shifting company that also offers barge repair and cleaning services, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and business of Bayou Fleet at Mile 125.5 on the Lower Mississippi River. Bayou Fleet, located in Hahnville, La., on the west bank of the river, covers 85 acres along the batture and provides fleeting, shifting and both dry cargo and liquid barge cleaning, with operations independent of river stages. According to ...