Verret Shipyard

By James P. Johnson and H. Nelson Spencer Echo Towing Service Inc., Baytown, Texas, a barge and towing firm that operates in the spot market between Lake Charles, La., and… Read More

Northport, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened a pair of towboats October 14 on the left descending bank of the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, not far from the company’s headquarters. Read More

Chemical and liquid fertilizer specialist Southern Devall LLC, headquartered in Sulphur, La., and with an operations center in Memphis, Tenn., and a sales and administrative office in Houston,… Read More

Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a marine equipment lessor based in Houston, has taken delivery of a new 1,500 hp. towboat. Built by Verret Shipyard in Plaquemine, La., and operated… Read More

Parker Towing Company of Tuscaloosa, Ala., has taken delivery of a new towboat, the mv. Callaway Parker, built by Plaquemine, La.-based Verret Shipyard. The boat is named for one of… Read More

When fans of the World War II destroyer U.S.S. Kidd hear that the ship is heading to drydock soon for about a year, they sometimes get the wrong impression… Read More

Dan Wise, president and owner of St. Rose, La.-based Gnots Reserve Inc., is a proud grandfather. Between his children, Danielle Hymel and Dane Wise, who both oversee the… Read More

When Sunshine, La.-based Chem Carriers put the mv. Brooke Banta into service in 2011, Louisiana maritime industry veteran Warren Berthelot was there, having shepherded that project to completion… Read More

Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a marine equipment lessor based in Houston, Texas, has taken delivery of another 86- by 30-foot, 2,000 hp. twin-screw towboat. Designed and built… Read More