Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened the mv. T. Gary Fitts March 27 at the company’s dock on the west bank of the Black Warrior River. The vessel,… 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.
GE’s power conversion business and Nedstack, a fuel cell manufacturer, are collaborating on developing hydrogen fuel cell systems for powering zero-emission cruise vessels. This partnership brings together GE’s… Read More
Kirby Inland Marine announced March 18 that it has selected Furuno as the electronics of choice for its new generation of Subchapter M towboats. The first of three… Read More
Laborde Products, the Covington, La.-based distributor of Mitsubishi marine diesel engines, has designed a system to develop 3,200 hp. in towboats using Tier 3 engines. Chris Cerullo, marine… Read More
Completed earlier this year and awaiting its final touch up, the mv. Kaskaskia Warrior is the second towboat to come out of the recently-founded Barbour JB Shipyard, which is… Read More
Devall Towing & Boat Service is continuing to expand its fleet, having received the first of four new-build towboats, the Ryder James Devall, from Southwest Shipyard Brady Island. Read More
Serodino Inc. in Chattanooga, Tenn., has been busy with the customization of its speculation build, a Super Tiger Class vessel, for Luhr Brothers in Columbia, Ill. The 1,320 hp. Read More
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… Read More
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. 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… Read More
