Private equity firm CapitalWorks of Cleveland, Ohio, announced November 25 it has completed a majority investment in Electromechanical Research Laboratories Inc. (ERL) of New Albany, Ind., and subsidiary Law Valve… Read More
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Three steam towboats were built at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1911 for the Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. All were constructed on steel hulls measuring 137.6… Read More
With more than 40 patents, ERL Commercial Marine takes pride in innovating and solving issues for customers. “It’s one of the things that sets us apart,” said Stephen Wilkins, president… Read More
My hometown of New Albany, Ind., founded in 1813 along the Ohio River, is widely known by river historians as the birthplace of the famous steamboats Eclipse, Robt. E. Lee… Read More
Seven decades ago, on May 11, 1949, the steamer Avalon arrived at my hometown of New Albany, Ind., just across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. The last of the… Read More
Over the course of its nearly 25 years of operation, HMS Global Maritime has grown from a one-man operation to a global conglomeration of cruise vessels, ferry operations and consulting… Read More
The American Queen Steamboat Company, the riverboat cruise operator founded in 2011 with the acquisition, renovation and relaunch of namesake vessel American Queen, recently moved its headquarters from Memphis, Tenn.,… Read More
A homeless man who jumped from a lock wall of the McAlpine Lock into an empty coal barge was spotted by the crew of the mv. Laura Tamble and rescued… Read More
