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Parker Towing Company

Photo Highlights From 2024

Photo Highlights From 2024

December 13, 2024

Click on the slideshow below for a look at some of our favorite pictures from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2024. Read More

Parker Towing Christens Mv. Miss Adelyn Parker Towing Company’s newest towboat, the mv. Miss Adelyn, is moored on the left descending bank in Tuscaloosa, Ala., near the city’s Riverwalk. (Photo by Cheryl Wray)

Parker Towing Christens Mv. Miss Adelyn

July 19, 2024

When Chas Haun, executive vice president of Parker Towing Company in Tuscaloosa, Ala., told his daughter that he was naming the company’s newest boat in her honor, she felt special,… Read More

Demopolis Lock Reopens After 4-Month Closure The mv. Thelma Parker II takes the first tow into Demopolis Lock May 16 after the lock reopened following a four-month closure. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Demopolis Lock Reopens After 4-Month Closure

May 17, 2024

Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead… Read More

Parker Towing Company Christens Mv. Johnny E. Holt The mv. Johnny E Holt moored at the Port of Decatur, Ala., May 2 prior to its christening ceremony. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Parker Towing Company Christens Mv. Johnny E. Holt

May 10, 2024

Johnny Holt has been part of Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company nearly 36 years. Holt’s first day on the job was July 15, 1988, and he started out… Read More

Corps Assets Arrive At Demopolis, Repair Plan Takes Shape Corps of Engineers crews had to remove and reset stoplogs at Demopolis Lock last week to position vessels for the repair project, which is expected to last until May. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps Assets Arrive At Demopolis, Repair Plan Takes Shape

February 9, 2024

Almost a month has passed since a large portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock broke off and fell into the chamber on January 16, and the… Read More

Corps Continues Work at Demopolis Despite Weather Water rushes under the upper miter gate of Demopolis Lock following a breach of the gate sill January 16. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Reich)

Corps Continues Work at Demopolis Despite Weather

January 26, 2024

Nearly two weeks after a portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock failed, forcing the Mobile Engineer District to close the lock to navigation, Corps officials… Read More

Miter Sill Concrete Failure Forces Demopolis Lock Closure Water pours into Demopolis Lock after an apparent concrete failure in a miter gate sill.

Miter Sill Concrete Failure Forces Demopolis Lock Closure

January 19, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District has announced an emergency closure of Demopolis Lock, located near Demopolis, Ala., just below where the Black Warrior River enters the Tombigbee River, following… Read More

Tuscaloosa Park On Black Warrior River Renamed For Parker, Haun Families The Parker and Haun families at the October 30 celebration to dedicate Parker-Haun Park on the Tuscaloosa riverfront. (Photo courtesy of Parker Towing Company)

Tuscaloosa Park On Black Warrior River Renamed For Parker, Haun Families

November 22, 2023

The city of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and representatives from the Saban Center, a forthcoming hub for science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM) located near the Black Warrior River… Read More

Warrior-Tombigbee Association Holds 73rd Annual Meeting Charlie Haun, center, was honored for his 28 years of service as chairman of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association during the association's annual meeting. With him are Horace Horn, current chairman, and Wynne Fuller, president of the association. (Photo courtesy of WTWA)

Warrior-Tombigbee Association Holds 73rd Annual Meeting

May 19, 2023

Operators, waterway managers and other stakeholders of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway gathered in Orange Beach, Ala., May 10–12 for the 73rd annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA). Read More

Haun Reflects On 28 Years As WTWA Chairman, 48 Years With Parker Towing  At a recent Parker Towing christening, Charlie Haun, right, stands with his family: Chas Haun (son); Alison (daughter) and Jared Phillips and their children; and wife Alice Parker Haun. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Haun Reflects On 28 Years As WTWA Chairman, 48 Years With Parker Towing 

January 27, 2023

With today’s mobile workforce, longevity in any one place isn’t as commonplace as it used to be. Decades spent in voluntary leadership, even less common. But one place where… Read More

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