The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a public entity charged with power generation in the Tennessee River Valley, has put a new Tier 4 towboat into service, marking a first… 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.
At its yard at Bayou La Batre, Ala., Steiner Construction Company recently completed another vessel, this one an 88- by 34-foot, 2,600 hp. towboat for Evansville (Ind.)… Read More
New York Harbor will soon have its first public, hybrid-electric ferry, with construction of a new Governors Island ferry underway at Conrad Industries’ shipyard in Morgan City, La. New… Read More
The Ste. Genevieve (Mo.)-Modoc Ferry, one of the oldest on the Mississippi River, resumed service on May 18 after a 14-month layup for hull repairs at JB Marine. It… Read More
Alan Bernstein. In the summer of 1970, Alan Bernstein “fell in love with the river,” as he puts it, and unwittingly spawned a career on it that… Read More
Cruising is bouncing back following a near-total shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, with river cruising leading the way. Ellen Edmonds, spokeswoman for the American Automobile Association (AAA), said… Read More
David Podurgiel knew at 8 years old that he wanted to be a towboat pilot. That was when he joined his friends in helping a neighbor, Mr. Craft,… Read More
American Cruise Lines (ACL), a Guilford, Conn.-based operator of inland and coastal passenger cruises in the United States, debuted two new vessels in its American riverboat line over the… Read More
Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland recently announced that it is partnering with HGK Shipping to develop a hybrid low-emissions, self-propelled barge for service in its German supply chain. Read More
Terral RiverService, the towing company, terminal operator and aggregate supplier based in Lake Providence, La., put into service recently the second of two new towboats from NewSouth… Read More
