Named in memory of a longtime friend, Osage Marine Services welcomed the mv. Capt. Mike Rushing into its fleet February 2 in a christening ceremony in St. Louis harbor. The… 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.
Family, friends and colleagues of Mike Kennelly, senior vice president-liquids division for American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL), gathered at the Kemah Boardwalk southeast of Houston on January 4 to celebrate… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company has repowered its triple-screw mv. Louise S with Mitsubishi propulsion from Laborde Products. “With a long working history with Laborde Products, it was an easy decision to… Read More
Crounse Corporation, Paducah, Ky., recently took delivery of the 6,034 hp. mv. Alice, named after the company’s first vessel, which began operating in 1949. The new mv. Alice is one… Read More
Florida Marine Transporters Inc. recently put into service the fifth of six identical 2,000 hp. towboats from Steiner Shipyard. The Mandeville, La.-based barge line took delivery of the mv. Kristy… Read More
In 2024, Maritime Partners, a leading provider of leasing and financing options for both the brown- and blue-water markets, has a fleet of more than 1,850 vessels, valued at around… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company Inc. held a renaming ceremony November 9 in Galveston, Texas, for one of its newest towboats, the mv. Linda Hughes Farley. Campbell, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based marine transportation and… Read More
The steamer Julia Belle Swain, which has been dormant in La Crosse, Wis., for a decade, was spotted southbound in the tow of the mv. Laura K with the former… Read More
Middle River Marine LLC, a full-service harbor and fleeting company headquartered in Mokena, Ill., Mile 198 on the Illinois Waterway, welcomed three boats into its fleet recently. The christening ceremony… Read More
Leaders from American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL), Mitsubishi and Laborde Products gathered at Steiner Construction in Bayou La Batre, Ala., October 25 to celebrate the delivery of a first-of-its-kind towboat,… Read More