Conley Marine Services (CMS) of New Orleans announced July 19 it is acquiring Kody Marine located on the Harvey Canal in metro New Orleans. The sale includes all business and… 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.
Mike Marko Sr., owner of Mike’s Inc., has applied to the St. Louis Engineer District for two permits to move his shipyard and fleeting area about 3 miles downstream along… Read More
When Jeffboat announced that it would cease operations upon the completion of its barge-building contracts by the end of April, a 180-year history of shipbuilding and hundreds of valued employees… Read More
Ivy Marine, based in the Mobile, Ala., area, tackled a big job with a pair of smaller towboats earlier this month, when the company moved the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine & Repair announced the expansion of its main shipyard on June 20. C&C has acquired another 1,000 linear feet of bulkhead to its existing yard,… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., was presented the 2017 “Award for Excellence in Safety” for the 13th consecutive year by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) on May 17 during SCA’s… Read More
An 80-ton Grove mobile crane. A Vantage Oil Country lathe. A 440-ton marine Travelift. A laser CNC cutting machine and pipe bending machine. Electrical upgrades. A wash water collection and… Read More
Eymard Marine Construction & Repair, Harvey, La., has delivered the mv. American Pride to American River Transportation Company, St. Louis, Mo. The new boat is the ninth in a series… Read More
Master Marine announced May 17 that it has won a contract from the Alabama Department of Transportation to convert the 100-foot-long Gee’s Bend ferry into the first all-electric powered ferry… Read More
The 12,917th—and final—vessel to be built at Jeffboat slid down the ways and splashed into the Ohio River on April 23, marking the end of a 180-year-old tradition of shipbuilding… Read More
