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Campbell Christens Mv. Linda Hughes Farley Formerly the Julian Cenac, the 3,000 hp., triple-screw Linda Hughes Farley was built by Main Iron Works in 2020. (Photos courtesy of Campbell Transportation Company)

Formerly the Julian Cenac, the 3,000 hp., triple-screw Linda Hughes Farley was built by Main Iron Works in 2020. (Photos courtesy of Campbell Transportation Company)

Campbell Christens Mv. Linda Hughes Farley

December 8, 2023

Campbell Transportation Company Inc. held a renaming ceremony November 9 in Galveston, Texas, for one of its newest towboats, the mv. Linda Hughes Farley. Campbell, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based marine transportation and… Read More

Ingram Honors Longtime V.P. Of Sales, Christens Mv. Steve Alley The mv. Steve Alley is the fifth of 10 new towboats Main Iron Works is building for Ingram Barge Company. (Photo illustration courtesy of Ingram Barge Company)

The mv. Steve Alley is the fifth of 10 new towboats Main Iron Works is building for Ingram Barge Company. (Photo illustration courtesy of Ingram Barge Company)

Ingram Honors Longtime V.P. Of Sales, Christens Mv. Steve Alley

March 24, 2023

Steve Alley’s story of how he got his start in the maritime industry might sound unusual today, but not so 40 years ago. “I answered a blind ad in the… Read More

Main Iron Works To Build Tug For Bisso

November 28, 2022

Bisso Towboat Inc. announced November 4 that it has signed an agreement with Main Iron Works LLC, Houma, La., to begin construction of a 5,000 bhp. ASD tractor tug. The… Read More

Ingram Welcomes Four Vessels To Its Fleet Debbie Owen christens her namesake vessel. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Ingram Welcomes Four Vessels To Its Fleet

July 8, 2022

Nashville-based Ingram Marine Group held a christening ceremony June 24 in Reserve, La., to officially welcome four vessels into the company’s fleet: the mv. Capt. Roy Daniels, mv. Randy Hooper,… Read More

Ingram To Add Three New Boats This Year The mv. Debbie L. Owen is nearing completion at Main Iron Works.

Ingram To Add Three New Boats This Year

March 28, 2022

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

Campbell Celebrates Additions To Fleet In Pittsburgh Ceremony The mv. Marci Gale leaves the christening ceremony to go to work. The 4,300 hp. towboat is the former Elizabeth Lane, which Campbell bought from Canal Barge Company and had extensively refurbished at Main Iron Works. (Photo by Fisher Fotos)

The mv. Marci Gale leaves the christening ceremony to go to work. The 4,300 hp. towboat is the former Elizabeth Lane, which Campbell bought from Canal Barge Company and had extensively refurbished at Main Iron Works. (Photo by Fisher Fotos)

Campbell Celebrates Additions To Fleet In Pittsburgh Ceremony

August 27, 2021

In this age of mandates, the one mandate that meant the most when Campbell Transportation Company held a christening ceremony in Pittsburgh recently was seemingly “to have a little fun,”… Read More

Ingram Christens First New-Build Towboat In 40 Years The mv. Adrienne M. Moore is the first of 10 towboats being built by Main Iron Works for Ingram Barge Company.

The mv. Adrienne M. Moore is the first of 10 towboats being built by Main Iron Works for Ingram Barge Company.

Ingram Christens First New-Build Towboat In 40 Years

June 25, 2021

Members of the Ingram Marine Group family gathered in Reserve, La., June 2 to honor two longtime Ingram leaders and commission a pair of new towboats into the company’s fleet. Read More

NGL Marine Takes Delivery Of Two New Boats The A.M. Raymond, built for NGL Marine by Main Iron Works. (Photo courtesy of NGL Marine)

NGL Marine Takes Delivery Of Two New Boats

October 2, 2020

NGL Marine, the Houston, Texas-based river transportation subsidiary of NGL Energy Partners LLC, took delivery of two 2,600 hp. towboats recently, the mvs. A.M. Raymond and Kevin Allen. The Raymond… Read More

Arlen “Benny” Cenac’s Main Iron Works Unveil Tier-IV Compliant Tractor Tug for Bisso Shipbuilders and engineers are hard at work at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron Works on the new Bisso Towboat Inc. creation: a new 100′, 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug.

Shipbuilders and engineers are hard at work at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron Works on the new Bisso Towboat Inc. creation: a new 100′, 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug.

Arlen “Benny” Cenac’s Main Iron Works Unveil Tier-IV Compliant Tractor Tug for Bisso

April 3, 2020

Note: The following is sponsored content provided by Main Iron Works. The September sun was beaming through the skies while the shipbuilders and engineers at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron… Read More

Kirby Takes Delivery Of Two New Boats The mv. Steve Holcomb is the first boat to come out of San Jac Marine LLC, Kirby’s new shipyard on the site of the former Sneed Shipbuilding. (Photo courtesy of Kirby Inland Marine)

The mv. Steve Holcomb is the first boat to come out of San Jac Marine LLC, Kirby’s new shipyard on the site of the former Sneed Shipbuilding. (Photo courtesy of Kirby Inland Marine)

Kirby Takes Delivery Of Two New Boats

May 17, 2019

Almost three years to the day after the bankruptcy of Sneed Shipbuilding Inc., the “new” yard at Channelview, Texas, now owned by Kirby Corporation and named San Jac Marine LLC,… Read More