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Mv. Capt. Larry Salyers Honors Longtime McGinnis Employee The mv. Capt. Larry Salyers. (Photo courtesy of McGinnis Inc.)

Mv. Capt. Larry Salyers Honors Longtime McGinnis Employee

September 16, 2022

For 41 years, seven days a week, Bruce McGinnis and Larry Salyers have been each other’s first morning phone call. McGinnis, CEO of McGinnis Inc., hired Salyers, who… Read More

Latest Vessel Is A Family Affair For Blessey Marine The 2,800 hp. Laura Blessey Todd is the latest in Vessel Repair’s Pacesetter line of towboats. (Photo courtesy of Vessel Repair)

Latest Vessel Is A Family Affair For Blessey Marine

November 19, 2021

Kurt Moerbe, vice president of Vessel Repair in Port Arthur, Texas, was familiar with Blessey Marine Services’ reputation before he joined the family business full time. He remembers… Read More

Ingram Renames Four Towboats In Nashville Ceremony The Youngsuk Chi with the Nashville skyline in the background. (Photo courtesy of Ingram Barge Company)

Ingram Renames Four Towboats In Nashville Ceremony

September 17, 2021

Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, Tenn., held a rechristening August 30 for four vessels that are part of its approximately 140-vessel fleet: the mvs. Youngsuk Chi, James L. Hamilton, Kent… Read More

Maritime Partners Christens The Mv. Dave B. Fate —photos courtesy of John Bludworth Shipyard The mv. Dave B. Fate was welcomed to the Maritime Partners fleet in a christening ceremony July 27.

Maritime Partners Christens The Mv. Dave B. Fate

September 10, 2021

When Austin Sperry and Bick Brooks co-founded Maritime Partners in 2015, the pair had a plan to build a “world class maritime leasing business.” But there was one problem: they… 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

Bollinger Christens Ocean Transport Barge

Bollinger Christens Ocean Transport Barge

July 16, 2021

On July 10, Bollinger Shipyards LLC christened the Holland, a 400-foot by 100-foot ocean transport barge built for General Dynamics Electric Boat. Bristol Harbor Group Inc. began working with… Read More

Marquis Energy Christens Mv. Tom Marquis

Marquis Energy Christens Mv. Tom Marquis

September 19, 2019

Marquis Energy, one of the world’s largest dry mill ethanol producers, christened a new towboat recently. The company held the ceremony August 16 at its marine facility in Hennepin, Ill.,… Read More

Martin Marine Christens The Mv. Lester Fulfer Lester Fulfer, Martin Marine

Martin Marine Christens The Mv. Lester Fulfer

May 14, 2018

On a quintessential spring day on the Gulf Coast late last month, Martin Marine employees, customers, vendors, friends and family members gathered in Galveston, Texas, to celebrate the christening… Read More

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