Ken Hocke

I’m following Jonathan Davis into the early morning fog. Davis is Bisso Towboat Co.’s vice president of training, and we’re moving along the company’s steel walk

Major dry cargo commodities tracked by the U.S. Customs District in New Orleans dropped 12.5% during the third quarter, according Criton Corp.’s River Transport News. Aggregate imports of the dr

In September, Amogy Inc., an ammonia-to-power solution company, took delivery of the 105'x27'x13' tug NH3 Kraken. The steel-hulled tug was retrofitted with Amogy’s ammonia-to-electrica

Hard Rock Marine Services, Jean Lafitte, La., delivered the steel-hulled 130'x31'x5' dinner vessel Craft to Yacht Starship Dining Cruises, Tampa, Fla. The boat was delivered in March and since then, h

Seattle-based Snow & Co. has delivered a 49.7'x15.9'x7.54' hybrid catamaran aluminum research vessel to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, La., held a first-in-class recognition ceremony in July at Conrad’s Amelia, La., shipyard for the new 151'4

In the August cover story of WorkBoat (see page 26), Austin Golding, president and CEO of Golding Barge Line, said, “We’re in a healthy market, but it’s not a peak market. We’v

Laborde Marine Management LLC, New Orleans, announced in July the creation of a new affiliate, LabMar Inland LLC that will focus on the U.S. inland marine market, providing towing and pushboat service

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., said it has been awarded a contract to build four new 84'x42'x14' ship assist/escort tugs for Saltchuk Marine, Seattle. The vessels will be bu

Shark attacks on mariners performing their jobs is very rare, but that doesn’t mean sharks aren’t around where workboats operate. When boats are tied off to a rig in the Gulf of Mexico or