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
Towboats
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
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
Canton (Mo.) Marine Towing Inc. recently added another boat to its fleet of harbor vessels, all of which have names beginning with the moniker “Sir.” In July, the company purchased… Read More
NGL Marine, a segment of NGL Energy Partners LLC, Houston, Texas, has accepted delivery of its second new, twin-screw towboat from Westport Orange Shipyard in Orange, Texas. It was christened… Read More
Bellaire Harbor Service LLC, Bellaire, Ohio, was awarded a Certificate of Inspection (COI) from the Coast Guard through the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB) for the mv. Quaker State on… Read More
