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Verret Shipyard

Chem Carriers Repowers Mv. Brooke Banta At Verret Shipyard The crew at Verret Shipyard in Plaquemine, La., install Steerprop thrusters aboard the mv. Brooke Banta. (photo courtesy of Warren Berthelot and Verret Shipyard)

Chem Carriers Repowers Mv. Brooke Banta At Verret Shipyard

August 18, 2023

When Sunshine, La.-based Chem Carriers put the mv. Brooke Banta into service in 2011, Louisiana maritime industry veteran Warren Berthelot was there, having shepherded that project to completion… Read More

Verret Delivers Mv. Miss Carter W To Marine Chartering Mv. Miss Carter W

Verret Delivers Mv. Miss Carter W To Marine Chartering

June 2, 2023

Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a marine equipment lessor based in Houston, Texas, has taken delivery of another 86- by 30-foot, 2,000 hp. twin-screw towboat. Designed and built… Read More

MarAd Small Shipyard Grant Recipients

May 9, 2023

Here is a list of U.S. Maritime Administration Small Shipyard Grant recipients located on the  inland rivers and Gulf Coast (See Washington Waves for more information):… Read More

Verret Shipyard Completing Mv. Miss Carter W Drawing of the mv. Miss Carter W, designed by Entech Designs and being built by Verret Shipyard for Marine Chartering Associates.

Verret Shipyard Completing Mv. Miss Carter W

March 21, 2023

Note: an earlier version of this article credited the wrong firm with designing the Miss Carter W. The correction has been made in the version below. Marine Chartering… Read More

Turn Services To Add Retractable Towboat To Houston-Area Fleet Operations The retractable-wheelhouse mv. Zenyatta was previously the fixed-wheelhouse Rick Pumphrey of Blessey Marine. (Photo courtesy of Turn Services)

Turn Services To Add Retractable Towboat To Houston-Area Fleet Operations

October 14, 2022

Back in 2009, Verret Shipyard built a 55- by 20-foot, 1,000 hp. towboat with a spider deck called the mv. Donnie, named after Verret Shipyard President Ted Verret’s… Read More

McDonough Marine Service Christens Mv. Alma Grace The 1,600 hp. mv. Alma Grace was built for McDonough Marine Service by Verret Shipyard. (Photo courtesy of McDonough Marine Service)

McDonough Marine Service Christens Mv. Alma Grace

May 6, 2022

Metairie, La.-based McDonough Marine Service held a christening ceremony in New Orleans April 7 for the mv. Alma Grace, named for Alma Grace McDonough, wife of company founder… Read More

Budrovich Adds Mv. Justin B To Fleet Shown here as the Buck Johnson, the towboat was recently renamed Justin B by Budrovich Marine.

Budrovich Adds Mv. Justin B To Fleet

March 21, 2022

Budrovich Marine, one of the business units in the Budrovich family of companies, recently purchased a 2,400 hp. towboat. It is the fifth vessel in the Budrovich fleet and… Read More

Chem Carriers Christens Mv. Capt. Frank W. Banta, Mv. Ben Hays

Chem Carriers Christens Mv. Capt. Frank W. Banta, Mv. Ben Hays

July 23, 2021

Chem Carriers, a Sunshine, La.-based operator of towboats, tank barges and a fleet at Mile 207 on the Lower Mississippi River, christened a pair of towing vessels June 23… Read More

High Water Closes Bayou Sorrel Lock, Backs Up Harvey, Algiers

May 28, 2021

Over the last 30 days, the communities along Bayou Sorrel and the Port Allen Alternate Route of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) have seen an astounding amount of rainfall… Read More

Blessey Christens Latest Towboat From Verret Shipyard —photos by Frank McCormack The 2,000 hp. mv. Daniel Wisner was built for Blessey Marine Services by Verret Shipyard.

Blessey Christens Latest Towboat From Verret Shipyard

June 26, 2020

By Nelson Spencer Jr. and Frank McCormack On June 4, representatives of the Blessey Marine Services family gathered at Bayou Fleet on the west bank of the Mississippi River… Read More

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