Boats & Barges

Capt. Joe Kent of the mv. Ron Hull holding the boat’s COI. In the river industry scramble to attain the certificates of inspection (COIs) necessary to comply… Read More

The nation’s last authentic overnight steamboat may once again cruise the rivers of America’s heartland and deep south. On November 27, the U.S. House of Representatives reinstated an… Read More

The mv. Capt. Anthony pushed a barge carrying four giant steam generators through locks on the Tennessee River to deliver it to a dock in Tennessee, where they… Read More

Vicksburg, Miss.-based Magnolia Marine Transport, the marine transportation subsidiary of Ergon Inc., celebrated the christening of two towboats November 6 at the company’s headquarters on the Yazoo River. Read More

American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) christened a new harbor boat November 14 at its landing in St. Louis. Named the mv. Prairie Harvest, it is one of several identical… Read More

Shipbuilder Metal Shark announced November 12 that both new 105-foot, 150-passenger, high-speed aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have been completed and… Read More

The Mobile Engineer District christened the survey vessel Damrell in a November 8 ceremony at the Cooper Riverside Park Amphitheater in Mobile, Ala. Col. Sebastien P. Joly, Mobile… Read More

Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., has signed a contract with the New York Power Authority (NYPA)  to construct an ice-breaking, all-welded-steel, double-screw tug to operate in seasonal ice near… Read More

Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., delivered the Terrell Horne, the 31st Fast Response Cutter (FRC), to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on October 25 in Key… Read More

American Queen Steamboat Company announced November 12 a definitive agreement to acquire the Victory I and sister ship Victory II from Sunstone Ships Inc., as well as the Victory… Read More