Towboats

Campbell Transportation Company has repowered its triple-screw mv. Louise S with Mitsubishi propulsion from Laborde Products. “With a long working history with Laborde Products, it was an easy decision to… Read More

Crounse Corporation, Paducah, Ky., recently took delivery of the 6,034 hp. mv. Alice, named after the company’s first vessel, which began operating in 1949. The new mv. Alice is one… Read More

Florida Marine Transporters Inc. recently put into service the fifth of six identical 2,000 hp. towboats from Steiner Shipyard. The Mandeville, La.-based barge line took delivery of the mv. Kristy… Read More

In 2024, Maritime Partners, a leading provider of leasing and financing options for both the brown- and blue-water markets, has a fleet of more than 1,850 vessels, valued at around… Read More

Campbell Transportation Company Inc. held a renaming ceremony November 9 in Galveston, Texas, for one of its newest towboats, the mv. Linda Hughes Farley. Campbell, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based marine transportation and… Read More

Middle River Marine LLC, a full-service harbor and fleeting company headquartered in Mokena, Ill., Mile 198 on the Illinois Waterway, welcomed three boats into its fleet recently. The christening ceremony… Read More

Leaders from American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL), Mitsubishi and Laborde Products gathered at Steiner Construction in Bayou La Batre, Ala., October 25 to celebrate the delivery of a first-of-its-kind towboat,… Read More

Excell Marine Corporation, the Cincinnati-based barge line affiliate of McNational Inc., recently renamed one of its towboats the mv. Mike Bechtold. Originally named Barbara Brent and then, most recently, Chip… Read More

When a vessel is named for a person, the dedication ceremony always takes on a deeper meaning. That certainly was true of the October 12 vessel dedication held at American… Read More