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Bellaire Harbor Service Celebrates 15 Years Bellaire Harbor Service expects to accept delivery soon of the mv. George J. Harrison, named after the 16-year-old son of Bob Harrison, president and owner. (Photo courtesy of Bellaire Harbor Service)

Bellaire Harbor Service expects to accept delivery soon of the mv. George J. Harrison, named after the 16-year-old son of Bob Harrison, president and owner. (Photo courtesy of Bellaire Harbor Service)

Bellaire Harbor Service Celebrates 15 Years

October 16, 2020

Bellaire Harbor Service is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the delivery of boats named to celebrate the Harrison family’s past and look toward its future. President and owner Bob Harrison… Read More

Campbell Adds Power And Reduces Emissions New Caterpillar 3512 Tier 3 engine in the mv. M.J. Monahan. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Campbell Adds Power And Reduces Emissions

September 18, 2020

Campbell Transportation is in the middle of a major project to modernize several towboats. At a cost of $2.2 million per boat, it represents a complete re-engineering of propulsion systems… Read More

Eastern, Weeks Celebrate Steel Cutting For New Hopper Dredge Hans Bloomberg of Weeks Marine Inc., left, stands with Eastern Shipbuilding Group representatives Brian D’Isernia, Kenneth Munroe, Jamie Keel, Benny Bramblette and Bob Babb at a ceremony celebrating the steel cutting for the R.B. Weeks.

Hans Bloomberg of Weeks Marine Inc., left, stands with Eastern Shipbuilding Group representatives Brian D’Isernia, Kenneth Munroe, Jamie Keel, Benny Bramblette and Bob Babb at a ceremony celebrating the steel cutting for the R.B. Weeks.

Eastern, Weeks Celebrate Steel Cutting For New Hopper Dredge

September 8, 2020

Representatives from Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Weeks Marine gathered at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla., August 19 to celebrate the steel cutting for the R.B. Weeks, a forthcoming… Read More

EPA Declines AWO Request For Tier 4 Extension

August 28, 2020

On August 19, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rule to delay the implementation of Tier 4 engine emissions requirements for high-speed commercial vessels such as lobster boats and pilot boats. The… Read More

Comal Energy Services Expands Into Marine Engine Maintenance, Repair Market

July 31, 2020

Although Comal Energy Services (CES) may be new to the inland marine market, those spearheading the oil and gas services company’s expansion have decades of experience repairing and maintaining marine… Read More

Urea Supply Growing For Tier 4 Inland Operators A John W. Stone Oil Distributor fuel flat supplies diesel exhaust fluid to Canal Barge Company’s mv. H. Merritt “Heavy” Lane. (Photo courtesy of John W. Stone)

A John W. Stone Oil Distributor fuel flat supplies diesel exhaust fluid to Canal Barge Company’s mv. H. Merritt “Heavy” Lane. (Photo courtesy of John W. Stone)

Urea Supply Growing For Tier 4 Inland Operators

July 7, 2020

When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a phased implementation of Tier 4 requirements for new marine engines above 800 hp. in 2008, one of the anxieties that arose was… Read More

Wood Towing Christens Mv. Mike Mitchell The mv. Mike Mitchell moored at Hardrock Marine Services in Lafitte, La., May 12. The Mike Mitchell is the newest vessel in Wood Towing’s fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The mv. Mike Mitchell moored at Hardrock Marine Services in Lafitte, La., May 12. The Mike Mitchell is the newest vessel in Wood Towing’s fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Wood Towing Christens Mv. Mike Mitchell

June 5, 2020

When Mike Mitchell, captain aboard Wood Towing’s mv. Harold Ancar, heard the company was planning to add a new towing vessel to its fleet, he immediately requested to be part… Read More

Metal Shark Alabama Delivers First Inland Towboat The Stephanie Pasentine is Metal Shark’s first steel new build and first inland towboat. (Photo courtesy of Metal Shark Alabama)

The Stephanie Pasentine is Metal Shark’s first steel new build and first inland towboat. (Photo courtesy of Metal Shark Alabama)

Metal Shark Alabama Delivers First Inland Towboat

May 22, 2020

By Nelson Spencer and Frank McCormack Metal Shark, a vessel designer and builder with shipyards in Jeanerette and Franklin, La., and Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently delivered its first-ever steel… Read More

Arlen “Benny” Cenac’s Main Iron Works Unveil Tier-IV Compliant Tractor Tug for Bisso Shipbuilders and engineers are hard at work at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron Works on the new Bisso Towboat Inc. creation: a new 100′, 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug.

Shipbuilders and engineers are hard at work at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron Works on the new Bisso Towboat Inc. creation: a new 100′, 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug.

Arlen “Benny” Cenac’s Main Iron Works Unveil Tier-IV Compliant Tractor Tug for Bisso

April 3, 2020

Note: The following is sponsored content provided by Main Iron Works. The September sun was beaming through the skies while the shipbuilders and engineers at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron… Read More

Vane Bros. Takes Delivery Of Towboat Annapolis 3,000 hp. towboat was built by Chesapeake Shipbuilders in Salisbury, Md.

Vane Bros. Takes Delivery Of Towboat Annapolis

March 23, 2020

Vane Brothers, a marine transportation provider on the U.S. East, West and Gulf coasts, has taken delivery of the Annapolis, the second of four 3,000 hp. Salisbury Class inland towboats being built… Read More