Austal USA hosted a curtain drop ceremony April 12 to celebrate the opening of the company’s state-of-the-art steel facility in Mobile, Ala. More than 200 guests attended, including representatives from… 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.
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders Inc. has delivered an electric-hybrid tugboat to Seabulk, part of the Seacor Holdings family of companies. Seabulk has named the new hybrid tug Spartan. “The… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, La., announced April 7 that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the design and construction of two… Read More
Ingram Marine Group, Nashville, Tenn., is expecting delivery of three new vessels in 2022. These, along with the first two vessels delivered in 2021, make up half of the company’s… Read More
The Great Lakes Towing Company announced recently that it has purchased the Wm. Plotz Machine & Forge Company. The acquisition includes all Plotz Machine’s assets and real estate. “The acquisition… Read More
Bayou La Batre, an active waterway just west of Alabama’s Mobile Bay, has been home to Steiner Construction Company since 2003. Founded by Russell T. “Bubba” Steiner, the shipyard, over… Read More
Shipyards all over America are desperate for new workers. A recent visit to the website Ziprecruiter.com revealed 127 ads for shipyard laborers or workers. Starting salaries for laborers, tank cleaners… Read More
With the contract awarded for a new drydock and one of its existing drydocks recently refurbished, the Ensley Engineer Yard expects to improve efficiency in its maintenance and repair of… Read More
Wepfer Marine Inc., headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., and operating fleets at nine locations along the Lower Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers, is in the process of building a drydock at… Read More
Vane Brothers, Baltimore, a marine transportation provider on the U.S. East, West and Gulf coasts, took delivery earlier this year of the final boat in a series of four 3,000… Read More
