Marathon Petroleum Company began operating its first retractable pilothouse towboat recently when it welcomed the Patoka to its fleet. The 4,000 hp. vessel, which was built in 2016 by Horizon… Read More
Boats
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 last remaining ferry on the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio will not run this year, but its governing board hopes it can return in 2020. The decision… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. delivered the mv. Brian Boudreaux to Florida Marine Transporters (FMT) on May 20. The 90- by 32- by 10-foot vessel is the first new-construction Subchapter M… Read More
Bellaire (Ohio) Harbor Service continues to add boats to its fleet, this time with the purchase of the mv. Mary B. The 50-foot, 750-hp. towboat was most recently owned by… Read More
ABB will provide a power and propulsion solution for a towing vessel operating along the Rhône river in France to run entirely on hydrogen fuel cells. The company announced the… Read More
A venerable towboat was welcomed back into the Excell Marine Corporation fleet during a christening ceremony May 8 at the National Maintenance & Repair facility in Paducah, Ky. The vessel… Read More
The mv. Pammie, operated by Mike’s Inc., recently received its Certificate of Inspection from the Coast Guard. That in itself is not remarkable, as the entire inland fleet is working… Read More
The first two American-made Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) units have been delivered and installed in the Rodanthe, a ferry to be operated by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)… Read More
Visitors to Niagara Falls will soon be able to experience one of the U.S.’s top landmarks emission-free. Two new Maid of the Mist passenger vessels will be powered entirely by… Read More
Joshua Sebastian, an engineering manager at the vessel-design firm The Shearer Group Inc., says that advances in battery design, size and weight have made the advantages of electric and hybrid… Read More
