With her blue hair layers and visible tattoos, the Rev. Grace Pardun said she might not be what mariners are expecting when a chaplain comes calling. But Pardun, who began… Read More
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The Ohio and Mississippi River valleys and the Cumberland River Basin received a historic amount of rainfall the first week of April, with numerous locations shattering records with 10 to… Read More
This column has previously detailed two towboats built by the fledgling Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company that eventually morphed what’s now commonly known as “Jeffboat.” Those boats were the Progress… Read More
The opening of the new Panama Canal locks in 2016 paved the way—or cleared a channel—for bigger ships with deeper drafts to call on U.S. ports. In turn, the new… Read More
When I got my first job on a tugboat, I didn’t consider it a career path. A well-connected acquaintance made a call and got me a job on a… Read More
Capt. Scott Dupriest 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… Read More
The subject of this column in the January 22, 2024, issue of The Waterways Journal was the twin-screw, diesel towboat Progress of the American Barge Line (ABL) which was built… Read More
As mentioned before in this column, the Kosmos Portland Cement Company was formed in the first decade of the 20th century and established two company towns on the Ohio River… Read More
While hurricanes Helene and Milton inundated parts of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland river basins with rain, low-water conditions caused groundings on the Illinois River and threatened the Upper… Read More
With draft and tow sizes already cut on the Lower Mississippi and little rain in the forecast, the inland navigation industry is preparing for a low-water season that could hit… Read More
