Another example of a family-owned marine company of long standing is Reinauer (formally known as Reinauer Transportation Companiess or RTC).  Bert Reinauer established the company in 1923. The company soon faced, and survived, the Great...

Ira S. Bushey and Sons, for three generations was a nationally significant business located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook.  Moreover, the tanker MARY A. Whalen, homeship of PortSide NewYork was built for Ira S. Bushey. Ira S. Bushey was born in...