A helicopter crashed onto a barge on the Upper Mississippi River near West Alton, Mo., August 7 around 11:15 a.m. Two people in the helicopter were killed, but no one… Read More
Hines Furlong Line
Small changes can make a big difference to mariners’ overall health. That’s the message Tish Mavigliano, health and wellness director for Hines Furlong Line, had for members of the Paducah… Read More
“Laissez les bons temps rouler” may be an apt phrase to describe not only Mardi Gras, recently celebrated, but also the extreme good fortune of two Louisiana shipyards: Eymard Marine… Read More
Hines Furlong Line has become the first inland towing company to make high-speed internet from low-orbit satellites available to its entire fleet. Starlink Maritime is being installed on all… Read More
When Capt. Robert Tillson isn’t aboard Hines Furlong Line’s 4,000 hp. mv. Donna Furlong, he prefers faster transportation. Tillson, 60, of Gilbertsville, Ky., loves riding his dirt… Read More
The river industry has always loomed large in the Furlong family. “Growing up, the future Hines Furlong Line logo was prominent on the bedroom door of my childhood… Read More
Mae Etta Cohron Hines, 97, of Bowling Green, Ky., died March 30 at her residence. She began as a bookkeeper at James R. Hines Corporation in Bowling Green in… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company Inc. recently put into service the new towboat mv. Bronco, one of six identical 2,000 hp. towboats being built by Steiner Shipyard. The Pennsylvania-based bargeline, a… Read More
In 1928, a diminutive sternwheel steam packet was built at Paducah, Ky. The boat had a wood hull that was only 64.9 by 21 feet and had a 4-foot… Read More
Parker Towing’s Nashville Marine Terminal, expected to be open in the first quarter of 2023, will mark the first time in about three years that a new intermodal riverport… Read More
