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Vessel Design, Building Techniques Have Changed Over The Decades Kent Furlong (left), president and founder of Hines Furlong Line, presents Ron Nokes a plaque of the mv. Ron Nokes. (WJ file photo)

Kent Furlong (left), president and founder of Hines Furlong Line, presents Ron Nokes a plaque of the mv. Ron Nokes. (WJ file photo)

Vessel Design, Building Techniques Have Changed Over The Decades

March 13, 2026

In 1902, Arthur J. Dyer bought out his partner’s interests in the H.T. Sinnot Company and formed the Nashville Bridge and Construction Company. According to the Tennessee Encyclopedia, Dyer… Read More

Eckstein Receives Rivers HoF Achievement Award Kurt Strand (right), president and CEO of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, speaks at the christening of the mv. John Paul Eckstein, held in New Orleans January 10. Strand and Capt. Corky Bickel (left) presented the National Rivers Hall of Fame's National Achievement Award to John Eckstein, executive chairman of Marquette Transportation Company. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Kurt Strand (right), president and CEO of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, speaks at the christening of the mv. John Paul Eckstein, held in New Orleans January 10. Strand and Capt. Corky Bickel (left) presented the National Rivers Hall of Fame's National Achievement Award to John Eckstein, executive chairman of Marquette Transportation Company. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Eckstein Receives Rivers HoF Achievement Award

January 23, 2026

During the January 10 christening ceremony in New Orleans for Marquette Transportation Company’s new flagship towboat, the mv. John Paul Eckstein, Kurt Strand, president and CEO of the National… Read More

Firm Conducts CFD Studies On U.S. Pushboats

November 21, 2018

Robert Allan Ltd., a naval architeture firm based in Vancouver, Canada, is conducting studies alongside ZF Marine on the U.S. inland marine market with the use of computational… Read More