Vane Brothers, a marine transportation provider on the U.S. East, West and Gulf coasts, has taken delivery of the Annapolis, the second of four 3,000 hp. Salisbury Class inland towboats being built… Read More
Boats & Barges
The latest inland marine industry news involving new-construction and refurbished towboats, passenger vessels, ferries, dredges and other inland river boats. Towboat christenings and recent innovations in towboat design are also featured.
The Passenger Vessel Association, which represents inland cruise operators, sent the White House a letter asking that they be included in the administration’s economic relief plans in response to the… Read More
Hines Furlong Line Inc., the Nashville, Tenn.-based barge and towing company that seems to be forever adding to its growing fleet of towboats, recently took delivery of two identical vessels… 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
Two western Kentucky ferry services have reopened as high water has receded. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry crossing the Mississippi River between Hickman, Ky., and Dorena, Mo., reopened at 3:30 p.m. March… Read More
River cruising in the United States has a long and storied history, from the endearing accounts of Mark Twain in the late 1800s to the fabled steamboat races of the… Read More
Evansville Marine Service Inc. has bought and renamed two vessels from Hines Furlong Line Inc. The mv. Bobby Johnson is now the mv. Brooks Andrew, and the mv. Carolyn Lampley… Read More
Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a lessor of marine equipment, recently took delivery of its second new towboat, the mv. Miss Amanda M. The Houston-based firm was revived by John McMahan,… Read More
San Francisco tour company Bay Voyager will add a 11.3-meter RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) to its fleet this spring. Designed by Naiad and currently under construction at Armstrong Marine’s… Read More
Their story began in 1999. Austin Sperry, co-founder and chief operating officer of Maritime Partners, was just a “young kid” back then, living in Newport Beach, Calif. “Not a lot… Read More
