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.

Missouri County Gives Grant For Riverboat Dock

October 26, 2018

The Jefferson County (Mo.) Council voted 6-0 with one abstention September 28 to support a river landing and docking station for riverboats in Kimmswick, Mo., with a one-time grant of… Read More

John Bludworth Delivers Mv. Larry C To Enterprise Towboat has 2,680 hp. from twin Caterpillar 3512C diesels.

John Bludworth Delivers Mv. Larry C To Enterprise

October 26, 2018

The mv. Larry C, a 84- by 32- by 11-foot, twin screw towboat with a wheelhouse eye level of 34 feet, is the latest vessel built at John Bludworth Shipyard… Read More

MarAd Issues RFP For New Multi-Mission Vessel MarAd

MarAd Issues RFP For New Multi-Mission Vessel

October 22, 2018

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit for a Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) to deliver a new class of training ships. The VCM will… Read More

Terral RiverService Renames Six Towboats

October 22, 2018

Terral RiverService has renamed the six boats it bought when it acquired Kinder Morgan’s river assets in Blytheville, Ark., and Decatur, Ala., earlier this year. In addition to the towboats,… Read More

Towboat Ferry Added To Historic Register The Moro Bay Ferry towboat, on display in Moro Bay State Park, Ark.

Towboat Ferry Added To Historic Register

October 22, 2018

The Moro Bay Ferry, which operated on the Ouachita River in Bradley County, Ark., was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places along with five Arkansas properties built… Read More

Turn Services Expands With New Fleet, Four New Towboats The mv. American Pharoah, part of Turn Service’s fleet of towboats, pushes a tow of open hopper barges in the New Orleans area. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The mv. American Pharoah, part of Turn Service’s fleet of towboats, pushes a tow of open hopper barges in the New Orleans area. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Turn Services Expands With New Fleet, Four New Towboats

October 19, 2018

For nearly 30 years, Turn Services, the New Orleans-based fleeting and shifting company with operations from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf and along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, has built… Read More

Vessel Repair Delivers Mv. Brady Dawson To Kirby The Brady Dawson, right, is the first of four boats Vessel Repair is building for Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Brady Dawson, right, is the first of four boats Vessel Repair is building for Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Vessel Repair Delivers Mv. Brady Dawson To Kirby

October 12, 2018

Mariners on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east of Houston last week might have caught a glimpse of a towboat that’s not only new to the waterway but also marks a… Read More

Hines Furlong To Build Six New Boats One of the six new boats will be based on the design of the mv. Nashville Hunter. (Photo courtesy of Hines Furlong Line)

One of the six new boats will be based on the design of the mv. Nashville Hunter. (Photo courtesy of Hines Furlong Line)

Hines Furlong To Build Six New Boats

October 5, 2018

Five 2,000 hp. towboats and one 4,400 hp. towboat will soon make their appearance on the inland waterways as a six-vessel, new build project gets underway by Hines Furlong Line… Read More

JANTRAN Takes Delivery Of Mv. John T. Janoush The mv. John T. Janoush, named for JANTRAN’s former manager of operations who died of lung cancer last year, is a closed-wheel boat that measures 114 by 35 by 11 feet, with a 9-foot draft. (Photo courtesy of JANTRAN Inc.)

The mv. John T. Janoush, named for JANTRAN’s former manager of operations who died of lung cancer last year, is a closed-wheel boat that measures 114 by 35 by 11 feet, with a 9-foot draft. (Photo courtesy of JANTRAN Inc.)

JANTRAN Takes Delivery Of Mv. John T. Janoush

October 5, 2018

JANTRAN Inc., the Rosedale, Miss.-based river transportation arm of Bruce Oakley Inc., has taken delivery of a new towboat, the mv. John T. Janoush. Built by Nichols Boat Company in… Read More

Electric Conversion Of Gee’s Bend Ferry Nearing Completion Tim Aguire. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Electric Conversion Of Gee’s Bend Ferry Nearing Completion

September 28, 2018

Tucked onto a drydock at Master Marine’s shipyard in Bayou la Batre, Ala., is a first-of-its-kind in the United States project that’s nearing completion. Since early summer, the Gee’s Bend… Read More

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