The sternwheeler Argosy was built in 1864. A notification of the new boat appeared in a Pittsburgh newspaper on November 30: “This is the third boat of the name, the… Read More
Indiana
Corn Island Shipyard, Grandview, Ind., recently launched two 300-cubic-yard split-hull dump scows for Pacific Tugboat Services based in San Diego, Calif., a few months after it launched its latest dredge… Read More
Tanners Creek Development LLC is asking the Louisville Engineer District to allow the temporary mooring of a deck barge and clamshell loader in connection with ongoing demolition work at the… Read More
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor welcomed Big Hope 1, the “pink barge” owned by Ceres Barge Line, for the first time February 19. The barge’s cargo—a large coker bubble tower… Read More
The Ports of Indiana handled 11.8 million tons in 2017, resulting in a 5 percent increase from 2016 and the second-highest annual shipment total in the organization’s 57-year history. It… Read More
Capt. Steven Fancher started out in the river business cleaning barges and decking, as many do. For more than seven years, Fancher worked on barges until he obtained his pilot’s… Read More
Built by the Sweeney yard at Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1910, the Gregory was completed in nine months for a cost of $16,915. Reportedly, the cost of outfitting for the towboat… Read More
The USS LST 325, a restored World War II landing ship docked in Evansville, Ind., will make its way to Iowa and Illinois for public tours this summer. The war… Read More
Jeffboat delivered a new towboat to American Commercial Barge Line January 26. Named the mv. Shawnee Forest, the 2,000 hp. azimuth-drive boat measures 70 by 32 by 12 feet, with… Read More
Jeffboat LLC announced February 1 that it would lay off a further 226 employees from its Jeffersonville, Ind., facility. The move follows an earlier layoff of 278 employees in November. Read More
