The Mike Rushing Legacy Service Award, awarded annually by the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB), honors an individual whose career reflects a commitment to community service, professional excellence and mentorship. Read More
George Leavell
Last year at the Inland Marine Expo (IMX), The Waterways Journal presented the annual IMX Achievement Award posthumously to the late Mike Rushing, founder of Rushing Marine Service and a… Read More
Earlier this year, Tennessee’s General Assembly celebrated the Jones Act by passing a resolution in its support. The Jones Act, more properly known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920,… Read More
Eight-year-old Jayden Leach thought hard about how she was going to break a bottle to christen the vessel named after her great-grandfather, whom she called “Papa,” William “Peanut” Hollinger. “I’m… Read More
An Okie Moore Diving & Marine Salvage crew removed the mv. Boone August 16 from where it had sunk at Upper Mississippi River Mile 43, near Thebes, Ill. The river… Read More
By Shelley Byrne and Frank McCormack The coronavirus pandemic has been rough on the inland marine industry, but company representatives say they are pulling together, taking appropriate safety measures and… Read More
“Having a Towing Safety Management System is no good unless you follow it.” Those words, or variants of them, have probably been spoken at every single meeting on Subchapter M… Read More
Chad Pregracke, founder and CEO of Living Lands & Waters (LL&W), is contemplating another successful year. LL&W recently marked the milestone of having removed 10 million pounds of trash from… Read More
The Coast Guard responded January 8 to a sunken towing vessel, the mv. Tom Bussler, near the Kentucky Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector… Read More
Wepfer Marine Inc., Memphis, Tenn.-based river services firm, has purchased two towboats from Kirby Inland Marine LP, Houston, Texas. Wepfer bought the mv. Antigone and renamed it Ron Mook. It… Read More
