Author: Frank McCormack

Shortly after midnight on April 25, 2023, the mv. Ovide J was pushing a pair of loaded crude oil barges to Chalmette Refinery’s dock, located near Mile 89 on the… Read More

Captains, pilots and towboat crew members depend on the right tools to do their job safely and efficiently. Those tools include experience, mentors, safe and reliable equipment, training, communication with… Read More

When I interviewed Capt. Joe Moseley, captain aboard Turn Services’ mv. Black Beard, he was a little more than a week away from his son’s wedding. “He’s my number three,”… Read More

Delayed two days by a rare snow storm that hit the Gulf Coast last month, Sulphur, La.-based Southern Devall held a christening ceremony January 24 in La Porte, Texas, for… Read More

Brent Edenfield, captain aboard the Crescent Towing tractor tug Angus R. Cooper II, has been on or near the water in Savannah, Ga., his entire life. “I grew up around… Read More

Few people know the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway as well as Capt. Jesse Rogers and his crew. Rogers is captain of the mv. Tenn-Tom, the Corps of Engineers-owned towboat tasked with much… Read More

One of America’s newest waterways, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), turned 40 last month. Four decades ago, on January 14, 1985, the mv. Eddie Waxler departed Mobile, Ala., and headed up… Read More

Dave Lee is vice president of technology and innovation for Maritime Partners and executive director of e1 Marine. In his role with Maritime Partners (MP), Lee tracks new technologies impacting… Read More

Johnson Reelected As Speaker House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defied expectations and won reelection on the first ballot, this time to his first two-year term. Still, his one-and-done victory came… Read More