On May 28, 2015, the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) honored the U.S. Maritime Industry for safe marine operations at the Annual Safety Awards Luncheon held at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans. Jones F. Devlin Awards are given to vessels that have operated for at least two years without a lost-time injury.

At Canal Barge Company, we know that confidence starts with good people and we are proud to announce a total of 17 CBC towboats and 4 Illinois Marine Towing (IMT) towboats earned 2014 Jones F. Devlin honors. Five CBC vessels have operated 10 consecutive years or more without a lost-time injury! Canal Barge continues to be proud of our exceptional crews for demonstrating our strong commitment to safety and environmental stewardship.

MV ELIZABETH HUGER – 19 years
MV CHOCTAW – 13 years
MV LIBERTY – 13 years
MV SPIRIT – 13 years
MV MARY LUCY LANE – 11 years
MV MARIAN HAGESTAD – 9 years
MV HAMILTON – 8 years
MV ELLY LANE – 8 years
MV KILLIAN L. HUGER – 7 years
MV MERRICK JONES – 6 years
MV COUSHATTA – 4 years
MV INTEGRITY – 3 years
MV SUSAN L. STALL – 3 years
MV ELIZABETH LANE – 2 years
MV EUGENIE J. HUGER – 2 years
MV SUSAN J. GUNDLACH – 2 years
MV CHANNAHON – 5 years (IMT vessel)
MV AGGIE C – 2 years (IMT vessel)
MV ALBERT C – 2 years (IMT vessel)
MV WINDY CITY – 2 years (IMT vessel)

As always, our goal is the elimination of all incidents and injuries.

Effective immediately, CBC’s Night Ops based in our Sulphur office has re-established its normal and customary contact procedures using 504-581-2424 as well as their regular office phones and email.

Most Sulphur-based staff and functions have re-established their normal contact information as well, and we will continue the move-in to the new Swisco Road office the remainder of this week. Starting Wednesday, June 10, 2015, all Sulphur-based crew changes will take place at 1891 Swisco Road.

Many thanks again to all Sulphur-based employees, our I.T. staff, and all of you for assisting with the transition to our new office.

Starting at 9:30 am, Tuesday, June 2, Canal Barge Company’s Sulphur, LA office will initiate a move to our new location in Sulphur, with a temporary interruption to our office phone system. Therefore, for a period of 1-2 days, our Sulphur-based operations will be working with cell phones only.

During this time you will be able to connect to all CBC Sulphur-based functions at 504-581-2424. You will also be able to communicate via email as normal with all Sulphur-based CBC employees. All other CBC locations will be unaffected by this office movement in Sulphur.

In addition to being able to connect at any time of the day or night at 504-581-2424, you can reach the following people and functions at the listed cell phone numbers:

• Pat Riley – (504)-908-5928

Night Operations – (504)-581-2424

Tankerman Services

• Steve Cameron – (504)-400-5372
• Brian Victorian – (337)-965-0698
• Jeff Kellum – (337)-965-0011 or (936)-689-9192
• Benita Duplechin – (337)-965-0722

Barge Readiness/Quality Assurance

• Marlan Fruge – (504)-400-6024

Boat Maintenance

• Brandon Holmes – (504)-615-8908
• Gary Holmes – (504)-390-3653
• Milton Crooks – (504)-256-5213

Barge Maintenance

• Brandon LeMaire – (504)-202-8372
• Jody Blessing – (504)-208-8787

Sulphur Warehouse, Purchasing

• Herschel Henderson – (337)-965-0781

As a reminder, all Canal Barge Company operations based out of Sulphur, LA office will not be accessible by office-based telephone beginning at 9:30 am, Tuesday, June 2. All CBC Sulphur-based employees and functions are accessible during this time by email. In addition to the above cell phone contact information, you can always reach the appropriate CBC contact during the telephone outage at (504)-581-2424.

We will post an update once office phones have been re-established at our new location in Sulphur.

Thank you for your cooperation.