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.

Master Boat Builders Launches Titan For Suderman & Young

Boats & Barges

Master Boat Builders Launches Titan For Suderman & Young

October 2, 2026

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

Conrad, Master Boat, Saronic Win Landing Craft Contracts

October 2, 2026

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

C&C Marine Delivers Towboat To Southern Devall The mv. Capt. Pete Ciaramitaro, a 2,600 hp. inland towboat, was recently delivered by C&C Marine and Repair to Southern Devall. The vessel measures 87 feet by 33 feet, 8 inches and is the first of six towboats in C&C Marine’s spec construction program. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine and Repair)

The mv. Capt. Pete Ciaramitaro, a 2,600 hp. inland towboat, was recently delivered by C&C Marine and Repair to Southern Devall. The vessel measures 87 feet by 33 feet, 8 inches and is the first of six towboats in C&C Marine’s spec construction program. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine and Repair)

C&C Marine Delivers Towboat To Southern Devall

October 2, 2026

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

Retractable Pilothouse Safety Alert Issued

October 2, 2026

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 Boosts Hopper Barge Capacity Heartland Fabrication’s multi-phase expansion, expected to be complete by the end of 2027, will add four buildings and increase the Brownsville, Pa., shipyard’s annual production by roughly 100 inland hopper barges annually beginning in 2028. (Photo courtesy of Heartland Companies)

Heartland Fabrication’s multi-phase expansion, expected to be complete by the end of 2027, will add four buildings and increase the Brownsville, Pa., shipyard’s annual production by roughly 100 inland hopper barges annually beginning in 2028. (Photo courtesy of Heartland Companies)

Heartland Boosts Hopper Barge Capacity

September 25, 2026

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 Delivers Barbara G To Bay-Houston Towing Barbara G, the first of two Rapport 3000 escort tugs being built by Master Boat Builders for Bay-Houston Towing, will be operated by G&H Towing for ship-assist and escort operations along the Texas Gulf Coast. The 98-foot tug produces more than 90 metric tons of bollard pull and is powered by twin engines generating 7,000 hp. (Photo courtesy of Master Boat Builders Inc.)

Barbara G, the first of two Rapport 3000 escort tugs being built by Master Boat Builders for Bay-Houston Towing, will be operated by G&H Towing for ship-assist and escort operations along the Texas Gulf Coast. The 98-foot tug produces more than 90 metric tons of bollard pull and is powered by twin engines generating 7,000 hp. (Photo courtesy of Master Boat Builders Inc.)

Master Boat Builders Delivers Barbara G To Bay-Houston Towing

September 25, 2026

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

Sunken Barge Closes Channel Near Paducah

September 18, 2026

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 Announces Two New Boats

September 17, 2026

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

Contract Dispute Keeps Cave-In-Rock Ferry Docked

September 11, 2026

The Cave-in-Rock Ferry, Ohio River Mile 881, hasn’t run in more than two months because of a contract dispute between the owner and the states of Kentucky and Illinois,… Read More

Corps Launches New Towboat For Upper Mississippi River The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new towboat Fountain City is lifted at Steiner Construction Company in Bayou La Batre, Ala., during its launch August 26. The vessel will support maintenance and repair operations on the Upper Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new towboat Fountain City is lifted at Steiner Construction Company in Bayou La Batre, Ala., during its launch August 26. The vessel will support maintenance and repair operations on the Upper Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Corps Launches New Towboat For Upper Mississippi River

September 11, 2026

The St. Paul Engineer District has launched a new maintenance and repair towboat that will support navigation work on the Upper Mississippi River. The new Fountain City was… Read More

McGinnis Honors Two Industry Veterans With Boat Namings (From left) Donna Caviecy, Bruce McGinnis and Doug Ruschman at the September 5 celebration in South Point, Ohio. Caviecy and Ruschman received large framed photos of the boats named after them, the mv. Mr. Doug Ruschman and the mv. Donna Caviecy. (Photo by Capt. David Smith)

(From left) Donna Caviecy, Bruce McGinnis and Doug Ruschman at the September 5 celebration in South Point, Ohio. Caviecy and Ruschman received large framed photos of the boats named after them, the mv. Mr. Doug Ruschman and the mv. Donna Caviecy. (Photo by Capt. David Smith)

McGinnis Honors Two Industry Veterans With Boat Namings

September 11, 2026

McGinnis Inc. honored two people instrumental to the company’s success with the naming of newly purchased boats in their honor September 5 in a South Point, Ohio, celebration. Read More

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