On Tuesday evening, Gov. Jeff Landry will join the American Commercial Barge Line and C&C Marine to welcome the M/V ACBL Mariner, dubbed "the most powerful and capable towboat ever built for ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Waterways Operators, the trade association of the American ...

Laborde Products announced the completion of a repower project for the towboat Ned Merrick, owned by Canal Barge Company. The project featured the replacement of the vessel's previous engines with two ...

NEW MATAMORAS – Temperatures well below freezing are playing havoc with barge traffic plowing through the ice-covered Ohio River. One towboat pushing 15 loads of coal was stranded for several hours in ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday the local shipping season on the Mississippi River has begun. The first towboat, with nine barges, passed through Lock and Dam 2 in ...

A missing retaining ring and mounting bracket on the port main diesel engine led to an engine-room fire on a towing vessel near Belleview, Ky., the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...

The oldest towboat still plying the waters of the Ohio-Mississippi River system got a new lease on life this week when it was bought by a Wood County river transportation company. On Monday, the ...

LA PUSH, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard is working on a plan to tow in a loose barge after rescuing five people who were on board when it lost steering off the Washington coast Friday. The Luther, a 130 ...

A container ship struck a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to plunge into the river below. From 1960 to 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Waterways Operators, the trade association of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry, has released a new video on the industry's ...