23 AUG: The Mississippi River is going to see renewed paddlewheeler action.
American Cruise Lines, a small-ship operator based in the US state of Connecticut is reported to be building a 140-passenger vessel and hopes to have it in the water by 2012.
US industry website Travel Pulse says the vessel will have "an old-fashioned appearance" and balconies for 90% of cabins.
More details, including itineraries, will be announced next month, the site says.
