The 293-foot Aurora, constructed in Germany in 1955, was towed on Dec. 20 from a slough near Stockton about 60 miles to a Lind Marine drydock on Mare Island.

Pontoons are about to make waves this summer, as councils and local interest groups band together to defy insurance hikes and keep up with surging operation costs. The insurance requirements under ...

More than 1,000 people worked at least 10 hours a day for over a year to construct pontoons for 30 bridges, claimed to be the largest such project till date. Over 2,200 black floating iron ...