An avid golfer, Capt. Bryon Given applies the same work ethic to his job on the river as he does to his time on the golf course. His… Read More
Author: H. Nelson Spencer
(Click on image for full photo) The second steamboat to carry the name Chris Greene—the first was destroyed by fire in 1922—played an important part in the early life… Read More
One of the former owners of Higman Barge Lines is “testing the waters” with regard to the demand for new towboats in today’s market, tapping some of his previous… Read More
Basin Fleeting Inc., which operates a fleet at Mile 97.5 WHL on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near its confluence with the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, La., recently acquired the… Read More
The Mike Fink, which has served as a steam towboat, a landing used for cruise boats and a restaurant boat, is back in service, soon to be a shop… Read More
No sooner had this story—which is about two soon-to-retire rivermen who have spent their entire careers with the same company—started to take shape than it quickly doubled in… Read More
First Marine Properties LLC and Holliwood LLC, owned by longtime river entrepreneur W.A. “Peanut” Hollinger and his partner Jerry Smallwood, have completed the first phase of a port project… Read More
The mv. Larry C, a 84- by 32- by 11-foot, twin screw towboat with a wheelhouse eye level of 34 feet, is the latest vessel built at John… Read More
Parker Towing Company Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., “one of the oldest, most respected barge lines in the country,” as its literature states, recently expanded its marine and terminal… Read More
Terral RiverService has renamed the six boats it bought when it acquired Kinder Morgan’s river assets in Blytheville, Ark., and Decatur, Ala., earlier this year. In addition to the… Read More
