New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company (CBC) has put into service the second of two towboats built by Steiner Construction Company, located in Bayou La Batre, Ala. Named mv. Lizzie Lane… Read More
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Canal Barge Company, the diversified, family-owned marine transportation firm founded in 1933, put into service recently the first of two nearly identical vessels, the mv. Sally Lapeyre. It is a… Read More
When Austin Sperry and Bick Brooks co-founded Maritime Partners in 2015, the pair had a plan to build a “world class maritime leasing business.” But there was one problem: they… Read More
Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation (CMT), a part of the Cooper Group of companies based in Mobile, Ala., recently took delivery of the first of two vessels from Blakeley BoatWorks,… Read More
Plimsoll Marine, LaPlace, La., took delivery December 11 of the mv. Grain Express from Master Marine Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala. The 67- by 28-foot towboat is the second of… Read More
NGL Marine, the Houston, Texas-based river transportation subsidiary of NGL Energy Partners LLC, took delivery of two 2,600 hp. towboats recently, the mvs. A.M. Raymond and Kevin Allen. The Raymond… Read More
Master Marine Inc. (MMI), Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot mv. Iron Lady to Plimsoll Marine. The Iron Lady is the first in a series of… Read More
Corpus Christi, Texas-based John Bludworth Shipyard LLC (JBS) announced that it completed its contract with Maritime Partners LLC to build six inland towboats. The two companies signed the contract in… Read More
Rio Marine has announced that its subsidiaries Rio Controls & Hydraulics (RCH) and Rio Marine Electronics (RME) have opened a new location in Corpus Christi, Texas. RCH specializes in hydraulic… Read More
For Raymond Butler, a simple answer to a question late last year led to the honor of a lifetime. Butler, new construction vessel representative for Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie,… Read More
