Pontoon maker Premier Marine Inc. said Wednesday is has bought two Minnesota boat manufacturers, including one that once was owned by the man credited with inventing the modern-day pontoon. Premier co ...

Pontoon: A flat-bottomed boat floating on metal tubes. Maybe 60-gallon steel drums. Folding lawn chairs optional. No more. The pontoon boat, long snickered at by anglers and pleasure boaters, is ...

The Washington State Dept. of Transportation is creating a list of best construction practices for floating bridges, based on results of tests conducted on a pontoon built at one-sixth the typical ...

One of the largest pontoon makers in the country, Wyoming-based Premier Marine, recently filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota. Citing a “failed acquisition of ...