Boats & Barges

Neighbors watched from their folding chairs along LA-75 in Plaquemine, La. Motorists slowed to take pictures and blow their horns in support. Workers paused for selfies. Passing boats slowed… Read More

Robert Allan Ltd. and MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH announced August 16 that they have developed a natural gas-fueled, shallow-draft pushboat design. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is attracting attention in… Read More

Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners LLC, owner of some 350 towboats and barges on long-term charter throughout the inland waterways, christened a new towboat July 26 at John Bludworth… Read More

There are many fine and elegant places to dine in Washington D.C., but few offer the comfort and opulence to match the mv. Odyssey III. Its sleek,… Read More

The 40- by 13-foot research vessel Nanuq recently entered service for the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. In a competitive solicitation process last… Read More

Currently under construction at the Harvey Canal yard of Eymard Marine Construction & Repair is the shell of a new towboat that will be towed upriver and completed by… Read More

The mv. Robert L. Posey in 2011 before its purchase by ACBL and its present-day upgrade. (Photo by Jeff L. Yates) Forty-five years old and one of… Read More

Trapped on the Kaskaskia River as this is written, waiting for the high water on the Mississippi River to recede, is a new towboat built by Barbour JB Shipyard… Read More

Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, the largest launch service on the Lower Mississippi, puts a lot of hours on its fleet of crew and supply boats, which run day… Read More

On June 12, Houma, La.-based towboat operator Dupre Marine Transportation christened the mv. Everard Dupre, the 18-year-old company’s ninth vessel. The Everard Dupre is named after company owner Rory Dupre’s… Read More