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Excell Honors Longtime Employee Mike Bechtold

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Excell Honors Longtime Employee Mike Bechtold

November 21, 2023

Excell Marine Corporation, the Cincinnati-based barge line affiliate of McNational Inc., recently renamed one of its towboats the mv. Mike Bechtold. Originally named Barbara Brent and then, most recently, Chip… Read More

Bridge Span Floated On Barges In New Construction Method Towboats from Excell Marine move the main span of the new bridge between Wellsburg, W.Va., and Brilliant, Ohio, down the Ohio River on barges April 26. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Department of Transportation)

Towboats from Excell Marine move the main span of the new bridge between Wellsburg, W.Va., and Brilliant, Ohio, down the Ohio River on barges April 26. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Department of Transportation)

Bridge Span Floated On Barges In New Construction Method

May 14, 2021

The main span of a new bridge over the Ohio River was built on the riverbank and recently floated in by barge before being lifted into place as part of… Read More

Capt. Harold Newby, Excell Marine Capt_Newby

Capt. Harold Newby, Excell Marine

February 21, 2020

Growing up on the banks of the Ohio River in Cloverport, Ky., Harold Newby was around boats, but he didn’t always see them as a career path. “My father always… Read More

Excell Marine Buys Mv. Oliver C. Shearer, Keeps Name

September 17, 2018

With the recent purchase of the venerable towboat Oliver C. Shearer from Campbell Transportation Company, Excell Marine Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, is perpetuating a name that is deeply etched into river… Read More