FMT Shipyard & Repair, the vessel construction and repair arm of Mandeville, La.-based Florida Marine Transporters, is currently working on the third and fourth in a series of five towboats… 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. Tommy H successfully received Campbell Transportation Company’s (CTC) first Certificate of Inspection (COI). Dave Baisden, with the Coast Guard, presented the COI to Capt. Joe Gray. Baisden also… Read More
With Weeks Marine reaching its 100th anniversary in 2019, it is fitting that the company would be running one of its crew boats with Cummins’ latest marine engine, the X15, as 2019 also… Read More
Twin Disc is helping shipbuilders put the latest energy-efficient hybrid technology to work for excursion vessels. For its new 600-passenger excursion vessel, Enhydra, launched in September, San Francisco-based Red and… Read More
Having just christened a new towboat last fall and soon to christen another one—in addition to moving to new headquarters—Dupre Marine Transportation continues to steadily grow. A family-owned and -operated… Read More
Baton Rouge, La.-based General Marine Services (GMS) christened its newest towboat, the mv. Syble Fay, February 15 at McKinney Salvage & Heavy Lift’s fleet on the east bank of the… Read More
Plimsoll Marine, which operates 19 towboats that offer fleeting and shifting services for Cooper Consolidated between Baton Rouge, La., and Head of Passes on the Lower Mississippi River, recently took… Read More
Caterpillar Marine has introduced the Advanced Variable Drive (AVD), a fully-integrated hydro-mechanical propulsion system that can be customized for any engine application, large or small, including dredges, auxiliary vessels and… Read More
One of the former owners of Higman Barge Lines is “testing the waters” with regard to the demand for new towboats in today’s market, tapping some of his previous associates… Read More
Basin Fleeting Inc., which operates a fleet at Mile 97.5 WHL on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near its confluence with the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, La., recently acquired the mv. Read More
