Crescent Towing has taken delivery of the Kentucky, a 6,000-hp Z-drive tugboat built by Blakeley BoatWorks in Mobile, Ala. Both companies are part of The Cooper Group. The vessel is now working ship assist on the Lower Mississippi River.
The U.S. Army Corps has terminated its lock chamber contract with Shimmick Construction Co. Inc. at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, dealing a fresh setback to the long-delayed Tennessee River navigation upgrade.
The Delaware Bay and River Cooperative (DBRC) in February took delivery of a new 65' fast-response skimmer vessel, the Delaware Responder. Built by Rozema Boat Works, Mount Vernon, Wash., the new aluminum vessel replaces the Delriver, a converted offshore supply boat that was christened in 1991.
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