At age 19, Darrell Pyke was attending a welding school when an older man named Willie Neville struck up a friendship with him. Neville worked on dredges and told the… Read More
Author: David Murray
Canal Barge has a unique distinction among long-lived towboating companies. “In the 91 years we’ve been operating, Canal Barge has seldom if ever tied up a boat or laid anyone… Read More
Capt. Scott Dupriest is a captain with Tennessee Valley Towing on the mv. Tom Freeman, a twin-screw 3,450 hp. boat built by Marine Welding & Repair Works in Greenville, Miss.,… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard may be reconsidering its previously announced decision to remove 36 aids to navigation (ATON) from the upper Missouri River north of Blencoe, Iowa. The pause comes… Read More
President Donald Trump announced on February 11 the new tariffs he has been promising. They include tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, along with 25 percent additional… Read More
The American Waterways Operators’ president and CEO, Jennifer Carpenter, released an open letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom on January 30, urging him to withdraw requests to the California Air… Read More
Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, became the first military leader to be fired by President Donald Trump’s administration. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamin… Read More
It’s been just over five years since OpenTug was founded in 2019, and so far, the company has no direct competitors. The software company focuses on maximizing efficiencies of barge… Read More
Anticipating efforts by the incoming Trump administration to reverse some of the state’s climate agenda, California has withdrawn its requests to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce emission mandates… Read More
A new year always opens up exhilarating vistas. This year also brings more uncertainties than usual. The new presidential administration has promised to undo much of what the previous administration… Read More
