Worth A Thousand Words: Photos From 2025

These are just some of The Waterways Journal staff’s favorite photos from 2025.

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The Paducah Propeller Club marked Maritime Day with a pair of awards May 17. During the event, Ian McVicker (left photo), vice president of corporate compliance and regulatory affairs for Marquette Transportation, introduced Darin Adrian, president of Marquette’s river division. Adrian was named the Paducah Propeller Club’s maritime person of the year. Also during the ceremony, Caleb King (right photo), president of the Propeller Club of Paducah, presented Shelley Byrne, staff writer and copy editor for The Waterways Journal, with the club's port person of the year award.

Featured image caption: The mv. Omaha passes under a gathering storm on the Lower Mississippi River near Turn Services’ Meraux Fleet, located at Mile 86.5 above Head of Passes on the right descending bank. Turn Services crew boat captain Louis Phillips Jr. captured the image the morning of July 11, 2025. Turn Services acquired the mv. Omaha in September 2005. Modern Marine Power Inc. of Houma, La., built the 70- by 26-foot vessel in 1980. In 2009, Turn Services repowered the Omaha, which was originally named the CEPCO II, with a pair of Cat 3412 engines that produce 1,440 hp. (Photo by Louis Phillips Jr.)