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Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar The Lake Barkley Unified Command approved dive operations to assess underwater conditions where the American Jazz is grounded in Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River. The boat ran aground outside the channel at Mile 62 on July 7. Passengers were deboarded using pontoon boats. Some crew members remain aboard. (photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom/U.S. Coast Guard)

The Lake Barkley Unified Command approved dive operations to assess underwater conditions where the American Jazz is grounded in Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River. The boat ran aground outside the channel at Mile 62 on July 7. Passengers were deboarded using pontoon boats. Some crew members remain aboard. (photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom/U.S. Coast Guard)

Cruise Boat Remains Grounded On Lake Barkley Sandbar

July 12, 2021

Note: this is an updated version of a story that was originally posted July 12. Fuel is being removed from American Cruise Lines’ American Jazz before authorities try again to… Read More

Utility Vessel For Statue Of Liberty, Ellis Island The mv. Annie Moore was designed and constructed by TAI Engineers and Aluma Marine.

Utility Vessel For Statue Of Liberty, Ellis Island

July 6, 2021

TAI Engineers LLC, New Orleans, has completed the detailed design and construction of a new utility vessel for the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS named the all-steel passenger/utility vessel… Read More

American Cruise Lines Confirms New Ships For 2022, Launches New England Itineraries American Cruise Lines’ newest boats feature a fifth-deck skywalk.

American Cruise Lines’ newest boats feature a fifth-deck skywalk.

American Cruise Lines Confirms New Ships For 2022, Launches New England Itineraries

June 28, 2021

While blue water cruising in the United States is about to resume, river and coastal cruise operator American Cruise Lines (ACL) has been full steam ahead since the spring. The… Read More

With Oceangoing Cruises Still Absent At U.S. Ports, River Cruising Gets Underway The Carnival Triumph at the Erato Street Cruise Terminal in New Orleans. (Photo by Tracie Morris Schaefer, courtesy of Port of New Orleans)

The Carnival Triumph at the Erato Street Cruise Terminal in New Orleans. (Photo by Tracie Morris Schaefer, courtesy of Port of New Orleans)

With Oceangoing Cruises Still Absent At U.S. Ports, River Cruising Gets Underway

April 30, 2021

While much of the nation’s economy is back underway, albeit with restrictions due to COVID-19 still in place, one segment still stuck in port is the blue-water cruise industry. Earlier… Read More

Belle Of Louisville Steams Into 2021, Despite Financial Shortfall The steamboat Belle of Louisville, at 107 years old, has begun its 2021 season, offering passengers cruises on the Ohio River. The organization’s administrators have sought additional funding because of budget shortfalls, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Belle of Louisville Riverboats)

The steamboat Belle of Louisville, at 107 years old, has begun its 2021 season, offering passengers cruises on the Ohio River. The organization’s administrators have sought additional funding because of budget shortfalls, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Belle of Louisville Riverboats)

Belle Of Louisville Steams Into 2021, Despite Financial Shortfall

April 20, 2021

The 107-year-old Belle of Louisville is back steaming down the Ohio River, but the boat’s operators say that without $4.1 million in additional funding over the next five years, continued… Read More

American Cruise Lines Debuts New Vessel, Resumes Sailing The American Jazz was originally planned to debut in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Jazz was originally planned to debut in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

American Cruise Lines Debuts New Vessel, Resumes Sailing

March 24, 2021

American Cruise Lines (ACL) has restarted cruising in the United States, with the 100-passenger Independence departing Amelia Island, Fla., March 13 on an eight-day cruise concluding in Charleston, S.C. That… Read More

CDC Blocks, Then Allows, American Countess Christening Cruise Artist's rendering of the American Countess riverboat.

CDC Blocks, Then Allows, American Countess Christening Cruise

March 19, 2021

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at first prohibited and then reconsidered and allowed a planned christening cruise for the new passenger vessel American Countess March 21 in… Read More

Cruise Companies Bet On Pent-Up Demand

December 5, 2020

The passenger cruise industry has been one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 outbreak. In its early days, several outbreaks aboard ocean passenger liners were highly publicized on social… Read More

CDC Issues Framework For Resuming Cruise Ship Passenger Operations

November 22, 2020

On October 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Framework for Conditional Sailing Order that introduces a phased approach for the safe and responsible resumption of… Read More

Belle Of Louisville Steams To Gallipolis For Drydock The str. Belle of Louisville sits in drydock at the Amherst Madison repair facility at Gallipolis, Ohio. (Photo by Jim Ross)

The str. Belle of Louisville sits in drydock at the Amherst Madison repair facility at Gallipolis, Ohio. (Photo by Jim Ross)

Belle Of Louisville Steams To Gallipolis For Drydock

November 13, 2020

For the first time in 61 years, the excursion steamboat Belle of Louisville traveled up the Ohio River as far as Gallipolis, Ohio, for its every-five-year Coast Guard inspection and… Read More