Boats

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened a pair of towing vessels November 15, naming them for longtime friends and business associates Normond McAllister and the late George Hampton “Hamp” Uzzelle… Read More

Enterprise Marine Services christened the mv. Pierre Billiot November 14 in a ceremony held at its Houma, La., headquarters. It was the fourth new vessel christened into the Enterprise fleet… Read More

On the Mississippi River and the other navigable waterways of the United States, the transition from steam to diesel power was a decades-long process that took up most of the… Read More

Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie, La.-based owners of more than a combined 350 towboats and barges on long-term charter, christened the mv. Ouizee October 4 at John Bludworth Shipyard in… Read More

A steamboat, the Mississippi River and moonshine. While it could be the premise of an adventure novel set during Prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s, those three subjects are… Read More

American Commercial Barge Line’s new Cairo, Ill., fleet boat, the 70-by 30-foot, twin-screw, Z-drive mv. Mark Glaab, has two 1,000 hp. Caterpillar C-32 diesel engines. It also has one thing… Read More

Without a doubt, the October 1 christening ceremony held at Enterprise Marine Services’ Channelview, Texas, fleeting facility was a celebration of the three new vessels joining the company’s growing fleet… Read More

“Operational Excellence” and “Goal Zero” are lofty goals for any organization, to be sure, but for Marine Fueling Service Inc. (MFS), they are more. They are a firm commitment to… Read More