The investigation into the barge accident that collapsed a portion of the Interstate 40 bridge over the Arkansas River is now focusing on the captain of the towboat, Joe Dedmon. Fourteen people were ...
A federal judge denied a request Tuesday from an environmental group to immediately halt motorized towboat usage in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel ...
In 2018, a towboat sank in the Big Sandy River between West Virginia and Kentucky and discharged oil and other substances. The towboat, which had the potential to spill 5,000 gallons, caused Kenova, ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Kentucky man, whose towboat sank in the Big Sandy River at Kenova in January 2018, was sentenced Monday to six months home detention and probation. Will Thompson David Smith, 55, ...
Rarely does a vessel come along with the potential to radically change the way an industry operates, but one such vessel is set to hit the water in 2023. This new vessel, a towboat named Hydrogen One, ...
towboats once plied Midwestern rivers by the hundreds, pushing barges to feed the nation's industrial appetite for coal and steel. Those days are long gone, though. And the only intact, steam-driven ...
A 1,600-horsepower towboat delivered to Harvey, La.-based operator L&L Marine Transportation in June is now operational with a full range of Thordon oil-free and grease-free bearings. Designed by ...
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Towboat carves icy channel on the Mississippi River at Alton in 1948
Today is Saturday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2026. There are 362 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 3, 1920, ...
A federal judge has once again upheld the use of small motor boats to tow canoeists into parts of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The towboat ruling this week by U.S. District Judge Nancy ...
It’s a giant game of water Tetris. As the towboat churns up the Cumberland River, it starts passing dozens of bunches of barges tied up along the riverfront. There’s a break in the barges, a space ...
Towboat captain Joe Gray has worked on the river for 29 years. Twenty-one year-old deckhand trainee Jacob Bumgarner holds a line while wearing a headlamp shortly before sunrise on Campbell ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — If you visit Turner Marine this month, one towboat may stick out from the rest. Just off Dog River, this towboat dons a new look — wrapped all in pink. “It sticks out very much.
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