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Parker Towing Company

Parker Towing Christens Mv. Jared Phillips Alison Phillips smashes a bottle of champagne to christen the mv. Jared Phillips. (Frank McCormack photo)

Parker Towing Christens Mv. Jared Phillips

August 20, 2021

Friends, family members and colleagues of Jared Phillips, director of business operations at Parker Towing Company, gathered at the company’s dock on the right descending bank of the Black… Read More

Parker Towing’s Mv. Jared Phillips Goes To Work On BWT The 4,200 hp. mv. Jared Phillips is powered by twin Caterpillar 3516 diesels. It is the fifth towboat built at FMT Shipyard on the Harvey Canal. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Parker Towing’s Mv. Jared Phillips Goes To Work On BWT

March 12, 2021

On a cold February evening—frigid by New Orleans’ standards—the mv. Jared Phillips, the newest vessel in Parker Towing Company’s fleet, motored through the Harvey Canal, down the Mississippi River… Read More

Capt. Bretford Wildrick, Parker Towing Company Capt. Bretford Wildrick.

Capt. Bretford Wildrick, Parker Towing Company

February 12, 2021

As a 19-year-old, Bretford Wildrick took a job right out of high school as a welder at Iowa Marine & Repair in Keokuk, Iowa. Wildrick, a native of… Read More

Conrad Delivers Two Asphalt Barges To Parker Towing One of two 30,000-barrel asphalt barges Conrad Industries built for Parker Towing Company. (Photo courtesy of Conrad Industries)

Conrad Delivers Two Asphalt Barges To Parker Towing

November 25, 2020

Conrad Shipyard has announced delivery of a pair of 30,000-barrel asphalt barges to Parker Towing Company of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Named the PTC 2001 and the PTC 2002, the double-skinned… Read More

Maritime Throwdown Puts Safety, Competition On Display During IMX 2020

Maritime Throwdown Puts Safety, Competition On Display During IMX 2020

October 16, 2020

Day one of IMX, held virtually this year from September 29 to October 1, ended with a rush of competition thanks to the Maritime Throwdown (MTD), the popular industrial maritime… Read More

Engineer Profile: Johnny Holt Johnny Holt, Parker Towing.

Engineer Profile: Johnny Holt

August 25, 2020

When Johnny Holt and his wife, Connie, got married in December 1986, he was a painter and she was studying to be a nurse. They’d been sweethearts since… Read More

The Tenn-Tom At 35: A Look At One Of The Nation’s Youngest, Most Ambitious Waterways —photo courtey of Parker Towing The mv. Charles Haun, part of Parker Towing Company’s fleet, pushes empty hopper barges through Demopolis, Ala., near the confluence of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway.

The Tenn-Tom At 35: A Look At One Of The Nation’s Youngest, Most Ambitious Waterways

July 31, 2020

—photo courtesy of Watco Terminals At Watco’s bulk terminal on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Amory, Miss., the company can store a variety of ores and coke in its seven domes,… Read More

C&C Marine & Repair Acquires Fabrication Building —photo courtesy of C&C Marine & Repair New 35,000-square-foot fabrication building comes equipped with four 40-ton overhead gantry cranes. (Photo courtesy of C&C Marine & Repair)

C&C Marine & Repair Acquires Fabrication Building

May 22, 2020

C&C Marine & Repair, a Belle Chasse, La.-based full-service marine fabrication and repair shipyard located along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, announced May 20 the acquisition of a 35,000-square-foot fabrication… Read More

Industry People On The Move, March 2020

March 23, 2020

Lucian Lott. Lucian Lott has been promoted to vice president of sales of Parker Towing Company. “Lucian has done a tremendous job growing our sales and… Read More

NTSB Reports On 2019 Tombigbee Bridge Allision

March 13, 2020

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a Marine Accident Brief February 26 detailing the agency’s investigation into the March 10, 2019, allision of the mv. Rivers Wilson and… Read More

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