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John Deere Offers New Engine Ratings

November 5, 2019

John Deere Power Systems has announced new ratings for several of its marine engines. “As the marine market evolves, so do our customers’ needs,” said Heather Balk, marine market planner… Read More

NGL Marine Takes Delivery Of 3,200 Hp. Towboat NGL HM

NGL Marine Takes Delivery Of 3,200 Hp. Towboat

September 19, 2019

NGL Marine, a segment of NGL Energy Partners LLC, Houston, Texas, has accepted delivery of a new towboat from Westport Orange Shipyard in Orange, Texas. It was christened the mv. Read More

Quad Cities Are Loaded With Port Potential The Centennial Bridge, on the left, and Arsenal Island on the right, are key features of the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities area. Davenport, Iowa, is across the river, and Rock Island, Ill., is in the foreground. (Photo courtesy of Dawson & Associates)

The Centennial Bridge, on the left, and Arsenal Island on the right, are key features of the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities area. Davenport, Iowa, is across the river, and Rock Island, Ill., is in the foreground. (Photo courtesy of Dawson & Associates)

Quad Cities Are Loaded With Port Potential

August 1, 2019

Situated on opposite sides of a westward-running stretch of the Upper Mississippi River, the towns of Moline, East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf across the… Read More

Devall Towing Puts New Boat, Barges Into Service Devall1

Devall Towing Puts New Boat, Barges Into Service

July 12, 2019

Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC has taken delivery of a new towboat from Southwest Shipyard and new barges from Conrad Orange Shipyard. The boat, the mv. Velle… Read More

Main Iron Works Completes First Towboat For Kirby The mv. Bailey has 2,680 hp. from Cat 3512C-HD engines. (Photo courtesy of Main Iron Works)

Main Iron Works Completes First Towboat For Kirby

January 25, 2019

Main Iron Works owner Arlen “Benny” Cenac Jr. recently announced completion of the first of three 2,680 hp. towboats the shipyard is building for Kirby Inland Marine. The vessel, named… Read More

Magnolia Marine Celebrates Two Christenings Magnolia Marine's Mv. Miss Marley

Magnolia Marine Celebrates Two Christenings

November 21, 2018

Vicksburg, Miss.-based Magnolia Marine Transport, the marine transportation subsidiary of Ergon Inc., celebrated the christening of two towboats November 6 at the company’s headquarters on the Yazoo River. The newly-christened… Read More

ARTCO Christens Mv. Prairie Harvest Capt. Josh Burgess, master of the Prairie Harvest, christens the vessel with a bottle of champagne over the towknee.

Capt. Josh Burgess, master of the Prairie Harvest, christens the vessel with a bottle of champagne over the towknee.

ARTCO Christens Mv. Prairie Harvest

November 21, 2018

American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) christened a new harbor boat November 14 at its landing in St. Louis. Named the mv. Prairie Harvest, it is one of several identical vessels… Read More

FMT Shipyard & Repair Delivers The Mv. Gianna Hull The 4,000 hp. Gianna Hull is powered by twin Caterpillar 3512C diesels.

FMT Shipyard & Repair Delivers The Mv. Gianna Hull

November 9, 2018

FMT Shipyard & Repair, the vessel construction and repair affiliate of Mandeville, La.-based Florida Marine Transporters, recently delivered the second in a series of five towboats it is building for… Read More

John Bludworth Delivers Mv. Larry C To Enterprise Towboat has 2,680 hp. from twin Caterpillar 3512C diesels.

John Bludworth Delivers Mv. Larry C To Enterprise

October 26, 2018

The mv. Larry C, a 84- by 32- by 11-foot, twin screw towboat with a wheelhouse eye level of 34 feet, is the latest vessel built at John Bludworth Shipyard… Read More

JANTRAN Takes Delivery Of Mv. John T. Janoush The mv. John T. Janoush, named for JANTRAN’s former manager of operations who died of lung cancer last year, is a closed-wheel boat that measures 114 by 35 by 11 feet, with a 9-foot draft. (Photo courtesy of JANTRAN Inc.)

The mv. John T. Janoush, named for JANTRAN’s former manager of operations who died of lung cancer last year, is a closed-wheel boat that measures 114 by 35 by 11 feet, with a 9-foot draft. (Photo courtesy of JANTRAN Inc.)

JANTRAN Takes Delivery Of Mv. John T. Janoush

October 5, 2018

JANTRAN Inc., the Rosedale, Miss.-based river transportation arm of Bruce Oakley Inc., has taken delivery of a new towboat, the mv. John T. Janoush. Built by Nichols Boat Company in… Read More