When Blank River Services, Elizabeth, Pa., sold its drydock and a small towboat to Industry Terminal & Salvage Company recently—and, in doing so, essentially exited the river business—the transaction also… 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.
CGB/Waterfront Services has expanded operations in Cairo, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., with additional drydocks, tank barge cleaning, hull repairs, dry cargo barge cleaning, a floating crane service and small-scale… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company’s Georgetown Shipyard in Pennsylvania has begun its first drydock internal structural exam (ISE), one of the first few that have begun in the country under the Coast… Read More
Arcosa Marine Products, a leading manufacturer of barges used to transport cargo on U.S. inland waterways, announced August 1 that it has joined Green Marine, the largest voluntary environmental certification… Read More
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. has announced a contract to build an additional tugboat for Bay Houston Towing Company. The Houston-based company already has three tugs of a different… Read More
Nichols Boat Company, a boat and barge builder in Greenville, Miss., recently completed a 3,400 hp. twin-screw towboat with Tier 4 engines, built on speculation. “Due to COVID, we decided… Read More
Metal Shark, a Jeanerette, La.-based shipbuilder with additional shipyards in Franklin, La., and Bayou La Batre, Ala., has announced it will send 23 military vessels to Ukraine as part of… Read More
Master Boat Builders announced the construction of one tug and the delivery of another in June. On June 16, the company, based in Coden, Ala., announced the construction of a… Read More
Coinciding with its golden anniversary, Mississippi Marine Corporation, the well-known, full-service shipyard located at Greenville, Miss., Lower Mississippi River Mile 538.7 on lower Lake Ferguson, has announced the recent completion… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) has announced it has awarded $19.6 million as part of the Small Shipyard Grant Program to 24 shipyards in 19 states. The… Read More
