Chris Eberlein Chris Eberlein has been named Gulf operations manager for Parker Towing. He will be based in Parker’s Mobile, Ala., office. His responsibilities include dispatching, staffing and… Read More

The Upper Mississippi River remains closed to traffic above St. Louis, with the reopening dates of several locks pushed further back due to continued high water and more… Read More

Even as some locks on the Upper Mississippi River are tentatively scheduled to reopen in early April, fresh snowmelt and high water may extend their closures further. The… Read More

An already-soaked middle and southern U.S. will soon be getting another surge of water from snowmelt from the “bomb cyclone” that pummeled part of the Upper Plains with “historic”… Read More

The J.A. Woodson

February 15, 2019

Named for the mayor of Little Rock, Ark., the J.A. Woodson was built at Louisville, Ky., in 1881. According to the U.S. List of Merchant Vessels, the boat… Read More