Completed earlier this year and awaiting its final touch up, the mv. Kaskaskia Warrior is the second towboat to come out of the recently-founded Barbour JB Shipyard, which is located… Read More
Shipyards
The latest news from inland and Gulf Coast shipyards, constructing towboats, barges and specialty equipment for today’s inland marine industry. Contract news, shipyard expansions, towboat deliveries and more.
These are busy times for Mike’s Inc. With a shipyard in East Alton, Ill., a machine/fabrication shop in Wood River, Ill., and a 60,0000-square-foot facility in South Roxana, Ill., president… Read More
Devall Towing & Boat Service is continuing to expand its fleet, having received the first of four new-build towboats, the Ryder James Devall, from Southwest Shipyard Brady Island. With high… Read More
Serodino Inc. in Chattanooga, Tenn., has been busy with the customization of its speculation build, a Super Tiger Class vessel, for Luhr Brothers in Columbia, Ill. The 1,320 hp. vessel… Read More
Nichols Boat Company, a boat and barge builder in Greenville, Miss., is currently working on a 65-foot harbor boat for Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply. It will be the 24th… Read More
FMT Shipyard & Repair, the vessel construction and repair arm of Mandeville, La.-based Florida Marine Transporters, is currently working on the third and fourth in a series of five towboats… Read More
For more than 50 years now, CGB Waterfront Services Company has been offering shipyard repair and fleeting services to the maritime community from its Cairo, Ill., headquarters. To date, it… Read More
Bouchard Transportation Company Inc. announced March 14 the delivery of ATB unit mv. Evening Breeze and Barge No. 252 (B. No. 252) from VT Halter Marine Inc. and Bollinger Shipyards. Read More
Seattle, Wash.-based Foss Maritime announced February 27 that it is continuing its ongoing fleet expansion program with the keel laying of the first of its new class of ASD 90… Read More
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced February 28 that Denise Jones was in the top 10 of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 50 Businesswomen of 2018. Jones, a talent management director… Read More