Running a shipping and boat-building company in Indiana sounds about as logical as putting a fish farm in Death Valley. But there’s nothing far-fetched about it to Mark Knoy, CEO of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A local shipyard has a new owner—and maybe a new name and a new future. A national outfit called U ...

American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) named Mark K. Knoy as its president and chief executive officer in August 2011. Prior to joining ACBL, he was vice president of American Electric Power’s (AEP) ...

American Commercial Lines Inc., the Jeffersonville barge builder, has agreed to buy the assets of Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group Ltd. for an undisclosed price. The naval architecture and ...

It turns out that the mysterious high-tech barge that Google is building at Treasure Island is just the first of three floating wonders the company plans to launch, at a total cost of $35 million. In ...

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana barge and towboat manufacturer will shut down its Ohio River shipyard this spring, ending ship building operations at the site that stretches back more than 180 ...

Vigor’s Seattle shipyard recently delivered a 95’ x 38’ x 16’, 3,000 hp ATB Twin Screw Tug, Dale R Lindsey, to Harley Marine Services Inc. Designed by Elliot Bay Design Group for primary operation in ...

I recall my father working at the Quincy Barge Builders during World War II. When I was 5 or 6 our family went to a public launching of one of the boats being built in Quincy. I believe the boats were ...

The trend of shipping products by barge is being bottlenecked by too few available barges and heavy demand. The result: a new barge construction boom. Marine transportation and shipbuilding executives ...

As residents and workers in the South Waterfront watched from their condo and office towers, a 273-foot grain barge built by Zidell Marine awaits its slide into the Willamette River on Wednesday. The ...

NEW ORLEANS — The trend of shipping products by barge is being bottlenecked by too few available barges and heavy demand. The result: a new barge construction boom. Marine transportation and ...

It was a great day Tuesday for Cornwall company Canadian Barge Builders. On a blustery afternoon at Cornwall Harbour, the first “floating home” the company is shipping to Toronto was loaded in ...