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
Author: Frank McCormack
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
Capt. Jesse Rogers 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… 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… 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
Around 7:40 p.m. December 29, the mv. Patrick J. Studdert, an 87-foot by 32-foot towboat operated by Buffalo Marine Service, collided with the bulk cargo ship Clara B near Lower… Read More
A little over a year ago, We Work The Waterways (WWTW), an educational outreach program of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT), didn’t even exist. Now, with 2024 in… Read More
While still in office, former President Jimmy Carter, who died December 29 at the age of 100, vacationed on the historic steamboat Delta Queen for a week beginning… Read More
John W. Stone Oil Distributor, a family-owned New Orleans-based supplier of fuels, lubricants, specialty chemicals and fresh water for the offshore, coastal and inland markets, recently took delivery of… Read More
