C&C Marine and Repair delivers first of three towboats for Hines Furlong Line

Belle Chasse, La., based C&C Marine and Repair recently delivered the triple-screw 6,600-horsepower towboat M/V Scarlett Rose Furlong to Nashville, Tenn., based Hines Furlong Line Inc. Measuring 170 feet by 50 feet

Q&A: John Eckstein, Executive Chairman of Marquette Transportation Company

After 30 years with Marquette Transportation Company, Paducah, Ky., John Eckstein has assumed the role of executive chairman of Marquette and transitioned his duties as CEO to the company’s president, Damon Judd. In this

Plimsoll Marine takes delivery of first of four pushboats from MMI

Master Marine Inc. (MMI), Bayou La Batre, Ala., has delivered the 67- by 28-foot M/V Iron Lady to Cooper Group member Plimsoll Marine. The Iron Lady is the first of four vessels

Maritime Partners takes delivery of second towboat in 15-vessel series

Belle Chasse, La., shipbuilder C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the M/V Brooks M. Hamilton to Maritime Partners LLC, Metairie, La. The vessel is second in a series of 15 towboats that

C&C Marine and Repair set to deliver 6,600 hp towboat

C&C Marine and Repair LLC, Belle Chasse, La., is putting the final touches to the 6,600 hp, 170- by 50-foot towboat M/V Scarlett Rose Furlong. Set to be delivered by mid-September to

L&L Marine takes delivery of Thordon-equipped towboat

Recently delivered to L&L Marine Transportation, Harvey, La., by Rodriguez Shipbuilding Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., the 1,600 hp towboat Amelia Ray is now operational with a full range of Thordon oil-free

Tugs, Towboats & Barges goes virtual this month

Marine Log’s Tugs, Towboats & Barges—TTB conference will go virtual this month on August 25 through 26. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon EST on both days. Marine Log has

NTSB issues report on triple towboat sinking

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a July 5, 2019, incident in which three towboats and an unnamed deck barge—all owned by Hex Stone Inc., Louisiana, Mo.—that sank

Rodriguez delivers Mitsubishi-powered towboat

The 64- by 28-foot towboat M/V Amelia Ray recently delivered to L&L Marine Transportation by Rodriguez Shipbuilding, Bayou La Batre, Ala., features twin Mitsubishi S6R2-Y3MPTAW Tier III main diesel engines, producing 803

NTSB reports on American Mariner strike on AOTON

NTSB reports on costly contact between tow and moored barges

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an incident involving, among other things, a Kirby Inland Marine towboat captain with a high level of marijuana metabolites in his urine,

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