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.

Steiner Construction Delivers First-Of-Its-Kind Towboat To ACBL The Michael J. Kennelly also features the first installation of Tier 4 engines from Mitsubishi. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Michael J. Kennelly also features the first installation of Tier 4 engines from Mitsubishi. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Steiner Construction Delivers First-Of-Its-Kind Towboat To ACBL

November 22, 2023

Leaders from American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL), Mitsubishi and Laborde Products gathered at Steiner Construction in Bayou La Batre, Ala., October 25 to celebrate the… Read More

Excell Honors Longtime Employee Mike Bechtold Mike Bechtold, left, receives a photo of the towboat newly renamed in his honor from Bruce McGinnis. (Photo by Zac Metcalf)

Mike Bechtold, left, receives a photo of the towboat newly renamed in his honor from Bruce McGinnis. (Photo by Zac Metcalf)

Excell Honors Longtime Employee Mike Bechtold

November 21, 2023

Excell Marine Corporation, the Cincinnati-based barge line affiliate of McNational Inc., recently renamed one of its towboats the mv. Mike Bechtold. Originally named Barbara Brent and then, most… Read More

ACL Takes Delivery Of 100-Passenger American Glory The vessel is the second in American Cruise Lines’ “Coastal Cat” series.

ACL Takes Delivery Of 100-Passenger American Glory

November 20, 2023

American Cruise Lines (ACL) announced November 11 that its latest vessel, the 100-passenger “Coastal Cat” American Glory, has been delivered by Chesapeake Shipbuilding. The American Glory is the newest… Read More

ACBL Honors Rich McCarty With Vessel Naming The 6,000 hp. mv. Rich McCarty was called one of ACBL’s “flagship workhorses.”

ACBL Honors Rich McCarty With Vessel Naming

November 10, 2023

When a vessel is named for a person, the dedication ceremony always takes on a deeper meaning. That certainly was true of the October 12 vessel dedication held at… Read More

ACBL Releases Conceptual Plans For Former Jeffboat Site Renderings show concepts for a mixed-use development project at the former Jeffboat site in Jeffersonville, Ind. (image courtesy of American Commercial Barge Line)

Renderings show concepts for a mixed-use development project at the former Jeffboat site in Jeffersonville, Ind. (image courtesy of American Commercial Barge Line)

ACBL Releases Conceptual Plans For Former Jeffboat Site

November 3, 2023

American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has released potential development plans for the former Jeffboat site along the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, Ind. Following the results of a study to determine… Read More

Eastern Christens, Launches Coast Guard’s First Heritage Class Cutter New U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Argus. (courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding)

Eastern Christens, Launches Coast Guard’s First Heritage Class Cutter

November 3, 2023

With a crowd of more than 3,000 present, Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) and the U.S. Coast Guard christened and launched the cutter Argus, the first Heritage-class Offshore… Read More

Coast Guard Issues Final Firefighting Training Rule For Towboats

November 1, 2023

Mariners working on U.S. rivers may take a modified basic firefighting course when seeking certain credentials, under a new Coast Guard ruling. The Coast Guard has issued a final rule… Read More

Port Of South Louisiana Inks Contract For Hydrogen Fueling Barge Design

October 24, 2023

The board of commissioners of the Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) has approved a contract with Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) for the design of a hydrogen fueling barge. Read More

Serodino Delivers Mv. Johnny R. Holt To Parker The 1,500 hp. mv. Johnny R. Holt is powered by Cummins QSK-19 M engines. (Photo courtesy of Serodino Inc.)

Serodino Delivers Mv. Johnny R. Holt To Parker

October 20, 2023

Serodino Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., recently delivered a Super Tiger Class workboat to Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The twin-screw mv. Johnny R. Holt is compliant with all… Read More

Hines Furlong Christens Two Boats On Nashville Riverfront Hines Furlong Line christened the mvs. Scarlett Rose Furlong and Chris Mills in Nashville, Tenn., September 14. (Photo by Nelson Spencer Jr.)

Hines Furlong Line christened the mvs. Scarlett Rose Furlong and Chris Mills in Nashville, Tenn., September 14. (Photo by Nelson Spencer Jr.)

Hines Furlong Christens Two Boats On Nashville Riverfront

October 13, 2023

The river industry has always loomed large in the Furlong family. “Growing up, the future Hines Furlong Line logo was prominent on the bedroom door of my childhood… Read More

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