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Redevelopment Company Purchases Shippingport Plant Site

Ports & Terminals

Redevelopment Company Purchases Shippingport Plant Site

June 10, 2022

Securing existing barge terminals for future transloading needs was a key part of the reason the Frontier Group of Companies (FGC) recently purchased two retired coal-fired power plants, including one… Read More

John’s Towing Refurbishes Towboat —photo by Eric M. Johnson The mv. Miss Mackenzie was originally the Leo D. Guttman.

John’s Towing Refurbishes Towboat

April 2, 2018

John’s Towing Service, Shippingport, Pa., has renamed and refurbished a towboat it bought recently from Murray American Transportation. The vessel came out of the shipyard new in 1973 as the… Read More

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