For the sixth year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders were honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions… Read More
Profiles
For the sixth year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders were honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions… Read More
Ports of Indiana’s new CEO is not new to the statewide port authority, which operates three ports on the Great Lakes and Ohio River. After he served 22 years in… Read More
Each February in the “Wheelhouse” special issue of The Waterways Journal, we feature profiles of some of the captains who helm commercial vessels on the waterways. We hope you’ll enjoy… Read More
From pulling trap at an affluent gun club when he was a kid in Helena, Ark., to bringing a newly built towboat out of a shipyard located in Greenville, Miss.,… Read More
Chad Verdin always knew he would wind up working on towboats. Reflecting on the 23 years he’s been a captain and the years on deck before that, he calls it… Read More
For Capt. David Woodford, working on the river is in his blood. “My great grandpa was a pilot, and then my grandpa was a pilot,” said Woodford, 66, of Savannah,… Read More
The 10-year-old girl stood, waiting at the bus stop near her house, one Monday morning near the start of summer break. Her routine thus far that summer had been to… Read More
Born in Galliano, La., and growing up in Larose, Capt. Dean Plaisance speaks in the French-inflected cadences of southern Louisiana, a region that has traditionally supplied a big contingent of… Read More
Capt. Phillip “P.J.” Steely knows the exact date he went to work for what is now Southern Devall Towing. “September 8, 2006,” he said. “That’s when my life changed forever.”… Read More
