Towboat Poem As I’m on this boat, looking out of the window I think about my life, and how far I will go Will I ever be a captain? Or… Read More
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Beginning December 11, Waterways Journal subscribers now have access to a valuable benefit: the searchable online version of the Inland River Record. The searchable online database has been under development… Read More
The concept of a diesel-electric hybrid engine is far from new. Hybrid diesel-electric vessels have been around for more than 100 years. The German submarines that terrorized the seas in… Read More
Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC took delivery of a new towboat March 18 from Southwest Shipyard. The boat is the mv. Kathryn Louise and it is the… Read More
In March, C&C Marine & Repair, a Belle Chasse, La.-based full-service marine fabrication and repair shipyard, wrapped up construction on the fifth and final boat in a series of 6,600… Read More
More than six decades ago, the most powerful towboat ever built to operate on inland waters was christened by the Federal Barge Line. Constructed by the St. Louis Shipbuilding &… Read More
The inland cruise vessel industry is feeling the effects of the coronavirus emergency: American Cruise Lines is halting cruises until April 5 and the American Queen Steamboat Company is shutting down until April… Read More
Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie, La.-based owner of 400 towboats and barges on long-term charter, recently took delivery of the mv. Darrell Hiatt, its first of seven vessels from Steiner… Read More
Ingram Barge Company renamed one of its vessels November 4 in honor of a member of Ingram Industries’ board of directors. The mv. Y.S. Chi is a twin-screw towboat formerly… Read More
Hines Furlong Line Inc., the expansion-minded operator/charterer of boats and barges, recently acquired three towboats and has others under construction. The boats that it bought are the mvs. Mountain State,… Read More
