The nation’s last authentic overnight steamboat may once again cruise the rivers of America’s heartland and deep south. On November 27, the U.S. House of Representatives reinstated an exemption to… 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 mv. Capt. Anthony pushed a barge carrying four giant steam generators through locks on the Tennessee River to deliver it to a dock in Tennessee, where they arrived October… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss.-based Magnolia Marine Transport, the marine transportation subsidiary of Ergon Inc., celebrated the christening of two towboats November 6 at the company’s headquarters on the Yazoo River. The newly-christened… Read More
American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) christened a new harbor boat November 14 at its landing in St. Louis. Named the mv. Prairie Harvest, it is one of several identical vessels… Read More
Shipbuilder Metal Shark announced November 12 that both new 105-foot, 150-passenger, high-speed aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have been completed and are… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District christened the survey vessel Damrell in a November 8 ceremony at the Cooper Riverside Park Amphitheater in Mobile, Ala. Col. Sebastien P. Joly, Mobile District commander,… Read More
Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., has signed a contract with the New York Power Authority (NYPA)Â to construct an ice-breaking, all-welded-steel, double-screw tug to operate in seasonal ice near the entrance… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., delivered the Terrell Horne, the 31st Fast Response Cutter (FRC), to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on October 25 in Key West,… Read More
American Queen Steamboat Company announced November 12 a definitive agreement to acquire the Victory I and sister ship Victory II from Sunstone Ships Inc., as well as the Victory brand. … Read More
Lange Towing, a small, family-owned towing company in Morgan City, La., recently achieved what few companies have in the few months since Subchapter M went into effect. In August, the… Read More
