Daigle Towing Service LLC, Belle Chasse, La., has changed the name of the mv. Baroid 111, a 60-foot, 800 hp. towboat, to Mr. Max. 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 Company’s new Z-drive towboat mv. Cindy L. Erickson is in service, shown here on its first trip with 28 barges on the Lower Mississippi River at Gramercy, La. Read More
Middle River Marine, Mokena, Ill., the river services affiliate of Chicago-based concrete producer Ozinga, took delivery of a new towboat recently. Built by Steiner Construction Company, Bayou la Batre, Ala.,… Read More
Becker Flap Rudder arrangement for U.S. towboats. (photo courtesy of Becker Marine Systems) Becker Marine Systems announced that Canal Barge Company has placed an order for a retrofit… Read More
The mv. Leland Speakes, a twin-screw towboat with a retractable pilothouse built by Jeffboat in 1967, caught fire February 21 on the Lower Mississippi River near Greenville, Miss., the… Read More
Boykin, Ala., a town in Wilcox County of barely 250 residents, may be the most remote community in all of Alabama. Also known as Gee’s Bend, Boykin is located… Read More
Graestone Logistics LLC, Murray, Ky., added two vessels to its fleet recently, both previously owned by Genesis Marine LLC, Houston, Texas. Twin-screw towboats, the vessels are the mvs. CGB… Read More
Jeffboat delivered a new towboat to American Commercial Barge Line January 26. Named the mv. Shawnee Forest, the 2,000 hp. azimuth-drive boat measures 70 by 32 by 12 feet,… Read More
Master Marine, Bayou la Batre, Ala., has delivered the mv. Tom Torretti to Waterfront Services Company, Cairo, Ill. The 67- by 28-foot fleet boat is powered by a… Read More
American River Transportation Company, St. Louis, Mo., has taken delivery of the eighth in a series of 11 new towboats from Eymard Marine Construction & Repair in Harvey,… Read More
