With rapid battery swap at crew change and around-the-clock monitoring, CT Marine’s new all-electric vessel is designed to provide harbor service while also reducing fuel and crew costs. CT Marine… 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.
As first announced in June, investment firm Redwood Holdings successfully completed its acquisition of New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company in early September. The acquisition of Canal Barge and all… Read More
Action Intel, the data, software and artificial intelligence firm that brought the BargeAI application to the inland waterways, has announced the launch of Tow Tracker. The new tool delivers… Read More
Conrad Awarded Barge Contract Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard has been awarded a $45.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for a new barge for the Philadelphia Engineer District. Construction… Read More
J.F. Brennan Company (Brennan) has honored the late Michael “Mike” Turner, a former superintendent for the company, with a namesake barge. The 150-foot by 60-foot barge Michael Turner, which… Read More
New Orleans-based Blessey Marine Services held a christening ceremony September 4 for the mv. Capt. Jacob Garcia, named for a longtime captain who’s been with the company more than… Read More
Watching vessels like the mv. Ashley Anne, christened by Maritime Partners on August 22, work along the Mississippi River and other inland waterways is a study in teamwork, strength,… Read More
Gage Golding Vicksburg, Miss.-based Golding Barge Line (GBL) recently took delivery of its 32nd towboat, the mv. Gage Golding, a retractable pilothouse boat designed by Sterling Marine and built by… Read More
Chemical and liquid fertilizer specialist Southern Devall LLC, headquartered in Sulphur, La., and with an operations center in Memphis, Tenn., and a sales and administrative office in Houston,… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) announced August 20 the delivery of its new hopper dredge, the Amelia Island, from Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, La. Read More
