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The New Hanover Started As A Packet

March 21, 2025

The last column looked at the Harper C. Patton that was built by Hines in 1954. A recent event involving a bell has prompted this look back at another boat… Read More

C&C Marine & Repair Delivers Mv. Zephyr To Kirby The 6,600 hp. mv. Zephyr is the third of three towboats that C&C Marine & Repair constructed for Hines Furlong Line, after the mvs. Scarlett Rose Furlong and Bowling Green. The Bowling Green and Zephyr are operating under long-term leases by Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine & Repair)

The 6,600 hp. mv. Zephyr is the third of three towboats that C&C Marine & Repair constructed for Hines Furlong Line, after the mvs. Scarlett Rose Furlong and Bowling Green. The Bowling Green and Zephyr are operating under long-term leases by Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine & Repair)

C&C Marine & Repair Delivers Mv. Zephyr To Kirby

February 11, 2022

Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine & Repair has delivered the mv. Zephyr, a 6,600 hp. triple screw towboat, to Kirby Inland Marine. The vessel, which Kirby will operate under a… Read More

1928 Towboat From Howard Pioneered Flanking Rudders The J.J. Hennen new at the Howard Shipyard & Dock Company. (Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum collection)

The J.J. Hennen new at the Howard Shipyard & Dock Company. (Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum collection)

1928 Towboat From Howard Pioneered Flanking Rudders

June 15, 2021

The Howard Shipyard & Dock Company, Jeffersonville, Ind., as well-described in The Waterways Journal Old Boat Column now authored by Keith Norrington, was one of the most celebrated boat-building concerns… Read More

Hines Furlong Takes Delivery Of Boats From Bourg The mv. Barry Griffith and its sister vessel, the mv. Carolyn Lampley, were built by Bourg Dry Dock & Service. (photo by Greg Milliken)

The mv. Barry Griffith and its sister vessel, the mv. Carolyn Lampley, were built by Bourg Dry Dock & Service. (photo by Greg Milliken)

Hines Furlong Takes Delivery Of Boats From Bourg

March 20, 2020

Hines Furlong Line Inc., the Nashville, Tenn.-based barge and towing company that seems to be forever adding to its growing fleet of towboats, recently took delivery of two identical vessels… Read More