This column has previously detailed two towboats built by the fledgling Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company that eventually morphed what’s now commonly known as “Jeffboat.” Those boats were the Progress… Read More
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American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has released potential development plans for the former Jeffboat site along the Ohio River in Jeffersonville, Ind. Following the results of a study to determine… Read More
Robert W. “Bob” Greene, for 33 years the leader of Jeffboat shipyard and other divisions of American Commercial Lines, Jeffersonville, Ind., died October 9 in Harbor Springs, Mich. He was… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) executed a redevelopment agreement with the city of Jeffersonville, Ind., September 13 to fund the development of a master plan for the former Jeffboat shipyard… Read More
Hines Furlong Line (HFL), headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., recently placed the 6,000 hp. towboat mv. Capt. Reggie Tubbs back in service after an extensive refurbishment. Built by Jeffboat in 1975… Read More
For the first time in 61 years, the excursion steamboat Belle of Louisville traveled up the Ohio River as far as Gallipolis, Ohio, for its every-five-year Coast Guard inspection and… Read More
The reduction of coal cargo tonnage and the future of container-on-barge service were central topics of the Central Ohio River Business Association’s (CORBA) regional maritime committee meeting November 4. The… Read More
The last of the Vietnam War era’s fast patrol boats has new ownership, a continued mission of service and plans for a home port on the Ohio River. The Maritime… Read More
On December 14 in New Orleans, near where Poydras Street meets the east bank of the Mississippi River, Hospitality Enterprises—the Crescent City-based tourism company whose brands include the Paddlewheeler Creole… Read More
The year 2018 was one full of historic milestones for the inland waterways, marking both ends and beginnings. A major lock and dam construction project that had threatened to “eat… Read More
