Twenty-two miles off the coast of southern California lies Catalina Island. It has been a stop for smugglers, gold miners, pirates, hunters, the Union army and missionaries, and was… 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.
Marquette Transportation has been a long-time booster of Living Lands and Waters (LL&W), the not-for-profit organization that works to clean trash America’s waterways. The Paducah-based towing company even named… Read More
The crowd of 300 or so employees, friends and other well-wishers who attended the Luhr. Bros. Inc. twin christening recently witnessed what may well have been the first… Read More
C&C Marine & Repair, Belle Chasse, La., recently delivered the 2,013 hp. mv. Mendota to Upper River Services LLC. The new 76- by 30- by 9-foot, triple-screw towboat… Read More
Luhr Bros. Inc., the well-known marine contractor based in Columbia, Ill., has taken delivery of a new towboat. The vessel was built by Serodino Inc, at its yard in… Read More
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. 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
