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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.

Interlake’s Mv. Mark W. Barker Set For Sea Trials Next Week mv. Mark W. Barker

Interlake’s Mv. Mark W. Barker Set For Sea Trials Next Week

June 18, 2022

Ship watchers on the Great Lakes will soon see a brand-new “laker” underway when Interlake Steamship Company puts the forthcoming mv. Mark W. Barker to work. The Mark W. Barker,… Read More

Q&A With Joe Starck, President Of The Great Lakes Towing Company

June 18, 2022

Joe Starck is president of The Great Lakes Towing Company, a role he has held since January 2014. The Great Lakes Towing Company, commonly called “the Towing Company” across the… Read More

Hydrogen-Powered Push-Tug Delivered In Berlin For Long-Term Testing Elektra

Hydrogen-Powered Push-Tug Delivered In Berlin For Long-Term Testing

June 7, 2022

A boat touted as the world’s first hydrogen-powered push tug was delivered and christened in Berlin on May 16 for further long-term operational testing. The boat requires two stations… Read More

Blessey Christens Mv. Walter E. Blessey, Jr. The mv. Walter E. Blessey, Jr. was built for Blessey Marine Service by Vessel Repair. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Blessey Christens Mv. Walter E. Blessey, Jr.

May 20, 2022

New Orleans-based Blessey Marine Services has christened a lot of vessels over its 44-year history—104 vessels, in fact. And three of those have been named for company founder… Read More

Steamboat Natchez Catches Fire On Industrial Canal

May 9, 2022

The Steamboat Natchez, the iconic New Orleans-based sternwheeler built in 1975, caught fire the night of May 3 while moored in the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The New… Read More

Belle Of Louisville ‘Wins’ Derby Steamboat Race Action during the Great Steamboat Race at Louisville, Ky., May 4. (Photo courtesy of Belle of Louisville Riverboats)

Belle Of Louisville ‘Wins’ Derby Steamboat Race

May 6, 2022

The Belle of Louisville held onto the coveted set of silver antlers May 4, winning the Great Steamboat Race for the second year in a row. One of… Read More

McDonough Marine Service Christens Mv. Alma Grace The 1,600 hp. mv. Alma Grace was built for McDonough Marine Service by Verret Shipyard. (Photo courtesy of McDonough Marine Service)

McDonough Marine Service Christens Mv. Alma Grace

May 6, 2022

Metairie, La.-based McDonough Marine Service held a christening ceremony in New Orleans April 7 for the mv. Alma Grace, named for Alma Grace McDonough, wife of company founder… Read More

Hines Buys Boat, Renames It The 6,000 hp. mv. HFL Mariner was formerly the AEP Legacy. (photo by Mike Hershler)

Hines Buys Boat, Renames It

April 29, 2022

Hines Furlong Line Inc., Nashville, Tenn., has purchased the mv. AEP Legacy from AEP River Transportation, West Columbia, W.Va., and changed the name to the mv. HFL Mariner. The… Read More

Mv. Lizzie Lane Peus Features Cummins Tier 4 Engines The Lizzie Lane Peus was built for Canal Barge Company by Steiner Construction Company. (Photo by Daniel Gettmann)

Mv. Lizzie Lane Peus Features Cummins Tier 4 Engines

April 22, 2022

New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company (CBC) has put into service the second of two towboats built by Steiner Construction Company, located in Bayou La Batre, Ala. Named… Read More

Missouri AG Files New Duck Boat Charges

April 22, 2022

Days after a Missouri judge said there was not enough evidence to convict three men involved in the 2018 duck boat accident on Table Rock Lake that resulted in… Read More

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