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Mike’s Completes New-Construction Towboat

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Mike’s Completes New-Construction Towboat

March 18, 2022

Mike’s Inc., from its shipyard in Wood River, Ill., at Mile 198.8 on the Upper Mississippi River, has completed final touches to the new-construction towboat mv. Bianca Marko. Workers finished… Read More

Kirby Operating New Mv. Ron Nokes The Ron Nokes was built by Steiner Construction Company for Hines Furlong Line; it is under a long-term bareboat charter to Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo by C.R. Neale)

The Ron Nokes was built by Steiner Construction Company for Hines Furlong Line; it is under a long-term bareboat charter to Kirby Inland Marine. (Photo by C.R. Neale)

Kirby Operating New Mv. Ron Nokes

March 19, 2021

The mv. Ron Nokes, a 4,000 hp. twin-screw towboat built by Steiner Construction Company, Bayou La Batre, Ala., was put into service the week of February 15. While it bears… Read More

Trump Announced he Will Sign a Phase 1 Trade Agreement

January 3, 2020

Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump announced he will sign a “very large and comprehensive” Phase 1 trade agreement with China on January 15. “The ceremony will take place at the White… Read More

Washington Waves: May 21, 2018

May 21, 2018

Washington, D.C.—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt told a key Senate panel that his agency will stick to its schedule to have a replacement for the contentious Waters of… Read More