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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.

American Cruise Lines Confirms New Ships For 2022, Launches New England Itineraries American Cruise Lines’ newest boats feature a fifth-deck skywalk.

American Cruise Lines Confirms New Ships For 2022, Launches New England Itineraries

June 28, 2021

While blue water cruising in the United States is about to resume, river and coastal cruise operator American Cruise Lines (ACL) has been full steam ahead since the… Read More

Ingram Christens First New-Build Towboat In 40 Years The mv. Adrienne M. Moore is the first of 10 towboats being built by Main Iron Works for Ingram Barge Company.

Ingram Christens First New-Build Towboat In 40 Years

June 25, 2021

Members of the Ingram Marine Group family gathered in Reserve, La., June 2 to honor two longtime Ingram leaders and commission a pair of new towboats into the company’s… Read More

Wabash Marine Closes Following Shutdown Of Coal Terminals On Green River Wabash Marine has put the mv. Timbo up for sale, following the end of the coal-barging business on the Green River.

Wabash Marine Closes Following Shutdown Of Coal Terminals On Green River

June 18, 2021

John Prine once sang about Mr. Peabody’s coal train hauling away “Paradise” down by the Green River in western Kentucky. Now, along the Green River, there is no more… Read More

Karl E. Johnson, Patricia A Christened On Kaskaskia River Southern Illinois Transfer Company christened the mvs. Karl E. Johnson and Patricia A in a June 12 ceremony on the Kaskaskia River in Evansville, Ill. (Photo by Zac Metcalf)

Karl E. Johnson, Patricia A Christened On Kaskaskia River

June 18, 2021

Humid temperatures in the 90s didn’t stop a crowd of about 100 people from attending a long-delayed double towboat christening June 12 in Evansville, a small town on the… Read More

1928 Towboat From Howard Pioneered Flanking Rudders The J.J. Hennen new at the Howard Shipyard & Dock Company. (Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum collection)

1928 Towboat From Howard Pioneered Flanking Rudders

June 15, 2021

The Howard Shipyard & Dock Company, Jeffersonville, Ind., as well-described in The Waterways Journal Old Boat Column now authored by Keith Norrington, was one of the most celebrated… Read More

Terral RiverService Purchases Three Towboats, Plans Gulf Coast Expansion

June 14, 2021

Terral RiverService Inc., headquartered in Lake Providence, La., recently purchased three boats to be added to its fleet, the company announced. Two of the boats are 2,000 hp. boats,… Read More

Riverview Tug Service Adds Two Vessels To Fleet The mv. Francis J. Blank, built in 1966, is being completely restored at LD Marine in Amelia, La.

Riverview Tug Service Adds Two Vessels To Fleet

May 28, 2021

Riverview Tug Service, based in Bellevue, Iowa, at Mile 557 on the Upper Mississippi River, purchased the mv. Francis J. Blank from Blank River Services in Elizabeth, Pa. last… Read More

Arcosa Rolls Out Specialized Container Barges At 200 by 70 feet, the new barge takes up the same space in a tow as two standard hopper barges, but can hold 72 40-foot containers, nearly twice as much as the two standard barges would be able to handle.

Arcosa Rolls Out Specialized Container Barges

May 28, 2021

For years, said Neal Langdon, executive vice president of Arcosa Marine Products Inc., proponents of container-on-barge (COB) have had difficulty persuading stakeholders to invest in shoreside COB assets because… Read More

C&C Marine Delivers Mv. Ned Brooks To Maritime Partners Mv. Ned Brooks.

C&C Marine Delivers Mv. Ned Brooks To Maritime Partners

May 21, 2021

When Maritime Partners CEO and co-founder Bick Brooks’ parents, Ned and Louise, and brother, Avery, traveled from the Northeast to New Orleans at the beginning of May, they… Read More

Newt Marine Repowers Fleet With Volvo Engines The Tigre is one of four Newt Marine Service boats repowered with Volvo engines by Interstate PowerSystems. Plans call for Interstate to repower three additional Newt Marine vessels. (Photo courtesy of Volvo Penta

Newt Marine Repowers Fleet With Volvo Engines

May 21, 2021

When Carter Newt of Newt Marine Service decided to begin repowering his fleet, his strategy and requirements were simple.  He wanted a propulsion system that… Read More

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