American Cruise Lines (ACL) and the city of Natchez, Miss., broke ground September 16 on a new Mississippi River cruise dock that the company describes as its largest port… Read More
Boats & Barges
The latest inland marine industry news involving new-construction and refurbished towboats, passenger vessels, ferries, dredges and other inland river boats. Towboat christenings and recent innovations in towboat design are also featured.
SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) is proposing a multimodal cargo facility in Vermilion Parish, La., that would connect the inland waterways to the state highway system. Vermilion Parish… Read More
The U.S. Navy announced September 17 that it has awarded three competitive Prototype Other Transaction (OT) agreements to Conrad Shipyard, LLC of Orange, Texas; Master Boat Builders, Inc. of… Read More
Master Boat Builders recently launched Titan (H502), the third RApport 3000-class escort tug in a four-vessel series being built for Suderman & Young Towing Company. The 98-foot tug… Read More
C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the 2,600 hp. mv. Capt. Pete Ciaramitaro to Southern Devall. The Belle Chasse, La., shipyard delivered the inland towboat just over two… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued new guidance on safety requirements and recommended safeguards for towing vessels equipped with retractable pilothouses. Safety Alert 15-26, issued September 23, clarifies… Read More
Heartland Fabrication, LLC announced a $60 million expansion September 21 that will increase the shipyard’s annual production capability from 180 inland hopper barges annually to as many as 280… Read More
Master Boat Builders Inc., Coden, Ala., has delivered Barbara G (H501), the first of two Rapport 3000 escort tugs being built for Bay-Houston Towing. The tug will be… Read More
A rock barge remained sunken at Ohio River Mile 941, days after the lead port barges of two tows collided. No one was injured. Okie Moore, a… Read More
American Cruise Lines announced two upcoming riverboats: the American Beauty, scheduled to launch on the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast in September 2028, and the American Rhapsody, debuting on… Read More
