The mv. W. Red Harris, owned by Marquette Transportation, broke its way through the ice of Lake Pepin March 21 to become the first boat to kick off the unofficial… 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.
The Dravo Contracting Company experimented in building a steam prop towboat in 1919 that it named Peace. Following the construction of this vessel, the company built mainly sternwheel vessels, both… Read More
Budrovich Marine, one of the business units in the Budrovich family of companies, recently purchased a 2,400 hp. towboat. It is the fifth vessel in the Budrovich fleet and is… Read More
American Cruise Lines announced March 17 that the cruise vessel American Symphony was launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md. It is the fifth vessel in ACL’s “modern riverboat” series,… Read More
Vane Brothers, Baltimore, a marine transportation provider on the U.S. East, West and Gulf coasts, took delivery earlier this year of the final boat in a series of four 3,000… Read More
Master Boat Builders Inc. announced March 9 the delivery of a new 4,000-hp. tug to Polaris New Energy. Named Polaris, the tug will be coupled with the recently delivered barge Clean… Read More
Amherst Madison Inc., serving the Ohio River and its tributaries with towing, marine construction and repair services since 1893, has restored the vessel name Ohio to the river. The nearly-130-year-old… Read More
Mike’s Inc., from its shipyard in Wood River, Ill., at Mile 198.8 on the Upper Mississippi River, has completed final touches to the new-construction towboat mv. Bianca Marko. Workers finished… Read More
Harvey, La.-based Crescent Marine Towing held a christening ceremony February 19 at Eymard Marine Construction & Repair for the mv. Captain Walter, an Entech-designed towboat that measures 60 feet by… Read More
The Cave-in-Rock Ferry on the Ohio River opened for a day on March 10 after being closed by floodwaters, but fluctuating water levels meant it expected to close again for… Read More
