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Standard, also known historically as Donald B and Barbara H, is a paddlewheel towboat that has been named a US National Historic Landmark and is now based at Bellaire in eastern Ohio. [3] Built in 1923, she is the oldest surviving unaltered rear-wheel towboat afloat. The boat was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. [2] [4]
Boat Owners Association of The United States, better known as BoatUS, is an American association of boat owners with more than 800,000 dues-paying members [2] offering various services supporting TowBoatUS on water recreational boat towing [3] as well as roadside boat trailer towing [4] activities.
Larger boats can run this segment of the river with the maximum tow size of 42 barges southbound and 40+ northbound. A typical River tow might be 35 to 42 barges, each about 200 feet (61 m) long by 35 feet (11 m) wide, configured in a rectangular shape 6 to 7 barges long and 5 to 6 barges wide, depending on the number of barges in tow.
ARTCO Stevedoring provides bulk transfer and crane services on near New Orleans, Louisiana on the Lower Mississippi River [3] [4] As of 2005, ARTCO owned 2,000 barges, and some towboats and harbor tugboats. [5] As of 2016, ARTCO operated a fleet of 20 fleeting boats, a shipyard with five dry docks and a barge wash and repair facility.
Marquette's Offshore Division operates towing in many locations both in and around the U.S., including the Eastern Seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, as well as Central America, and Mexico. [8] In 2015, BDT Capital Partners acquired a majority interest in the company. [9] [10]
Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, United States.She is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. Built in 1868, she is the oldest of three surviving steam-powered towboats, and the only one with a wooden hull.