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
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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 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
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
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, 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
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 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
The Olmsted Locks and Dam, dedicated August 30 nearly three full decades after Congress first authorized the project in November 1988, stretches more than half a mile across the Ohio… Read More
Terral RiverService Inc., the Lake Providence, La.-based towing company, terminal operator and aggregate supplier, held a christening ceremony May 11 at the Lake Providence Port terminal for its 26th towboat,… Read More