Boats

The 40- by 13-foot research vessel Nanuq recently entered service for the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. In a competitive solicitation process last year, the… Read More

Currently under construction at the Harvey Canal yard of Eymard Marine Construction & Repair is the shell of a new towboat that will be towed upriver and completed by its… Read More

Forty-five years old and one of the most powerful towboats on the river, the mv. Robert L. Posey is about to receive some major new equipment that is anticipated to… Read More

Trapped on the Kaskaskia River as this is written, waiting for the high water on the Mississippi River to recede, is a new towboat built by Barbour JB Shipyard and… Read More

Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, the largest launch service on the Lower Mississippi, puts a lot of hours on its fleet of crew and supply boats, which run day and night. Read More

On June 12, Houma, La.-based towboat operator Dupre Marine Transportation christened the mv. Everard Dupre, the 18-year-old company’s ninth vessel. The Everard Dupre is named after company owner Rory Dupre’s father. Read More

Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC has taken delivery of a new towboat from Southwest Shipyard and new barges from Conrad Orange Shipyard. The boat, the mv. Velle… Read More

Gulf Island Fabrication recently delivered the terminal and escort tugs Mark E. Kuebler, Ted C. Litton and Connelly M to Bay Houston Towing Company; they are the first three tugs… Read More

Marquette Transportation has been a long-time booster of Living Lands and Waters (LL&W), the not-for-profit organization that works to clean trash America’s waterways. The Paducah-based towing company even named one… Read More