FMT orders four more towboats from Eastern Shipbuilding

JUNE 15, 2013—Privately held Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., Mandeville, LA, recently exercised an option for the construction of four additional 90 ft x 32 ft x10 ft Canal Class Inland Towboats at

Kirby CFO hints at more barge building ahead

APRIL 26 2013 — Growing U.S. coastwise demand could spur construction of new tank barges, Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Grzebinski told analysts Thursday, during the

Mississippi shutdown fears eased, for now

JANUARY 8, 2013 — The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) reacted today to recent statements from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that

Horizon Shipbuilding delivers towboats

NOVEMBER 5, 2012 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently delivered the towboat M/V Eugenie J. Huger to Canal Barge Company of New Orleans, La. The Huger (pictured at left) 

Kirby invests $100 million in new tank barges

Kirby Corporation plans  2011 capital spending of $220 to $230 million, including approximately $100 million for the construction of 40 new inland tank barges and three new inland towboats, and approximately $36