Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. announced September 14 that it has signed a contract to construct a 245-guest riverboat for the American Queen Steamboat Company. The new sternwheeler, to be named… 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.
With the recent purchase of the venerable towboat Oliver C. Shearer from Campbell Transportation Company, Excell Marine Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, is perpetuating a name that is deeply etched into river… Read More
Devall Receives First COI The United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles issued the area’s first Certificate of Inspection (COI) for Subchapter M compliance on August 15 to… Read More
Vidalia (La.) Dock & Storage recently repowered the mv. Sonny J, a 63- by 21-foot towboat built in 1960 by Barbour Metal Boat Works. Purchased in 1993 from Jantran Inc.,… Read More
C&B Marine received the first COI issued using the Coast Guard Option for Subchapter M compliance in the Sector Ohio Valley Region. On July 23, the mv. Atlantis received its… Read More
Wepfer Marine Inc., Memphis, Tenn.-based river services firm, has purchased two towboats from Kirby Inland Marine LP, Houston, Texas. Wepfer bought the mv. Antigone and renamed it Ron Mook. It… Read More
Imperial River Transport LLC, Imperial, Pa., recently purchased the mv. Boonesboro, an 80-foot, 1,400 hp. towboat, from AEP River Transportation, West Columbia, W.Va. The boat was built in 1970 by… Read More
When the owners of the casino boat Argosy IV needed to move their vessel from Wood River, Ill., to New Orleans, La., they contracted with Seven Point Marine Services. With… Read More
Capt. Jim Howard, with his trusty glass plate negative camera (now exhibited at the Howard Steamboat Museum) took this week’s Old Boat Column image, as the towboat Lookout was being… Read More
Valley Gem Inc., which operates the sternwheel vessels Valley Gem and Major, has introduced a brand new trip it calls “Lockapalooza.” The cruise takes passengers through two radically different types… Read More
