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The last boat rolled off Jeffboat's assembly line in 2018 when the company shut down after nearly 200 years of operation. The site sat vacant in the interim, though plans to redevelop it have been ...
As of 20 June 2015, the 68-acre Jeffboat shipyard is owned by American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL), a company also based in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Mark Knoy is the CEO. In turn, Platinum Equity owns ACL, the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, building both river barges and ocean barges. [7]
The barges were then moved into the ship via a "transporter". This electro/hydraulic "sled" moved onto the elevator and 76 hydraulic jacks lifted the barge just enough to bring it into the ship. It would then lower the barge onto blocks and return to the elevator for another barge. The transporters ran on railroad tracks.
American River Transportation Co., LLC (ARTCO) is a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). It provides river transportation , including barges and a shipyard; it also operates towboats on the Illinois River , Mississippi River , and Ohio River . [ 2 ]
CSX Corporation sold two-thirds of its control of water transport company American Commercial Barge Line in 1998, citing a desire to focus more on rail operations. [20] The founding chairman of CSX Corporation was Prime F. Osborn III of Seaboard, [21] for whom Jacksonville's Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center is named. The first CEO and ...
In 1984, Ingram purchased Ohio Barge Line, formerly owned by U.S. Steel. Neil N. Diehl came on board as Chairman Emeritus of IBCO to oversee the acquisition. [3] During the 1980s, Ingram bought many boats and barges from several different transportation companies, allowing IBCO to become the third largest for-hire river carrier in the U.S.
While transporting the sheerleg, the heel pin support may be moved towards the bow of the barge in order to lower the boom and the overall profile of the barge, facilitating transport. The shear-leg crane on Left Coast Lifter has a 328-foot (100 m) long boom, weighing 992 short tons (900 t) with a 1,873-short-ton (1,699 t) lift capacity. [ 4 ]
ARC is the largest US-flag Roll-on/roll-off carrier, and the second largest US-flag shipping line overall operating in international trade. [1]The company was founded in 1990, and is presently headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida [2] and it is part of Wilh.