Corpus Christi, Texas-based John Bludworth Shipyard LLC (JBS) announced that it completed its contract with Maritime Partners LLC to build six inland towboats. The two companies signed the contract in… Read More
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Like so many other new vessels these days, because of the COVD-19 pandemic the mv. Amelia Ray went to work without the benefit of a full-fledged christening. It was pressed… Read More
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
Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC took delivery of a new towboat March 18 from Southwest Shipyard. The boat is the mv. Kathryn Louise and it is the… Read More
In March, C&C Marine & Repair, a Belle Chasse, La.-based full-service marine fabrication and repair shipyard, wrapped up construction on the fifth and final boat in a series of 6,600… Read More
Canal Barge Company (CBC), a New Orleans-based marine transportation company founded in 1933, is adding three new towboats to its fleet that already numbers 48 vessels strong, including its subsidiary… Read More
Brennan Marine, the harbor services arm of marine contractor J.F. Brennan Company Inc., La Crosse, Wis., recently expanded its fleet of harbor boats that it operates on the Upper Mississippi… Read More
Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a lessor of marine equipment, recently took delivery of its second new towboat, the mv. Miss Amanda M. The Houston-based firm was revived by John McMahan,… Read More
Their story began in 1999. Austin Sperry, co-founder and chief operating officer of Maritime Partners, was just a “young kid” back then, living in Newport Beach, Calif. “Not a lot… Read More
For Raymond Butler, a simple answer to a question late last year led to the honor of a lifetime. Butler, new construction vessel representative for Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie,… Read More
