Few inland waterways leaders have served as long, as productively or in so many different positions as Marty Hettel. Starting in the inland waterways industry as a deckhand in1980, Hettel… Read More
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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
Recently married and finishing up his education at Washington University in St. Louis where he majored in business, Dan Marquitz was looking for a job. The third of four boys… Read More
When I interviewed Capt. Joe Moseley, captain aboard Turn Services’ mv. Black Beard, he was a little more than a week away from his son’s wedding. “He’s my number three,”… Read More
For more than 35 years, an American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) holiday tradition has brought joy to senior adults living in southern Indiana. Through the company’s Senior Angels program, ACBL team members… Read More
Click on the slideshow below for a look at some of our favorite pictures from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2024…. This content is for 3 Month… Read More
By the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, president and executive director of SCI For over 25 years, the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Ministry on the River chaplains have served mariners working our… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) announced the appointment of Peter Coxon as the company’s chief executive officer on November 19, effective immediately. “This marks a significant step in ACBL’s transformative… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) will honor Robert M. Blocker, senior vice president-dry cargo division at American Commercial Barge Line, with its River Bell Award during its 24th River Bell… Read More
“Are all christenings like this?” First-timers were asking themselves that question at American Commercial Barge Line’s November 12 christening of the mv. ACBL Mariner, an 11,000 hp. towboat built at… Read More
