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Parker Towing Crewmen Honored For Rescue Deckhand Darius Thomas and Pilot Nick Verdugo received the AWO HERO Award for rescuing boaters near Mobile, Ala., earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of Parker Towing)

Deckhand Darius Thomas and Pilot Nick Verdugo received the AWO HERO Award for rescuing boaters near Mobile, Ala., earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of Parker Towing)

Parker Towing Crewmen Honored For Rescue

November 21, 2023

Two crewmen of the mv. San D, an 800 hp. towboat owned by Parker Towing Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala., were recognized recently for rescuing the occupants of a jon boat that… Read More

Serodino Delivers Mv. Johnny R. Holt To Parker The 1,500 hp. mv. Johnny R. Holt is powered by Cummins QSK-19 M engines. (Photo courtesy of Serodino Inc.)

Serodino Delivers Mv. Johnny R. Holt To Parker

October 20, 2023

Serodino Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., recently delivered a Super Tiger Class workboat to Parker Towing of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The twin-screw mv. Johnny R. Holt is compliant with all Coast Guard Subchapter… Read More

Parker, Mecklenborg Honored With Achievement Awards Hall of Fame Achievement award

Parker, Mecklenborg Honored With Achievement Awards

January 23, 2023

Dan Mecklenborg of Ingram Barge Company and Tim Parker of Parker Towing were honored with the Achievement Awards from The National Rivers Hall of Fame last month in Paducah, Ky. Read More

Parker Towing Acquires General Marine Services

October 14, 2022

Parker Towing Company, a Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based maritime transportation company, announced October 11 it has acquired General Marine Services (GMS), a Baton Rouge, La.-based tank barge operator. The acquisition of GMS… Read More

Parker Towing To Be Featured On Reality Show Breaking Bobby Bones

Parker Towing To Be Featured On Reality Show

June 11, 2021

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company will be featured on National Geographic’s new show “Breaking Bobby Bones” Sunday, June 20, at 10 p.m. Eastern (9 p.m. Central). Each episode of the… Read More

Parker Towing Crew Helps CG Locate Missing Sailboat Johnnie “Yogi” Cooper at the sticks of the mv. Normond McAllister. (Photo courtesy of Parker Towing)

Johnnie “Yogi” Cooper at the sticks of the mv. Normond McAllister. (Photo courtesy of Parker Towing)

Parker Towing Crew Helps CG Locate Missing Sailboat

January 27, 2020

On the night of January 6, Parker Towing Company’s mv. Normond McAllister had just delivered a barge loaded with gypsum to Muscogee Wharf, near the Pensacola, Fla., waterfront. The crew,… Read More

Parker Goes Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Month Pictured is the mv. Bobby Joe James coming through Demopolis, Ala. The vessel is named after a retired employee of Parker Towing Company; his wife, Vikki James, is a 20-year breast cancer survivor who volunteers her time working with the Relay for Life program. (Photo by Ford Nixon)

Pictured is the mv. Bobby Joe James coming through Demopolis, Ala. The vessel is named after a retired employee of Parker Towing Company; his wife, Vikki James, is a 20-year breast cancer survivor who volunteers her time working with the Relay for Life program. (Photo by Ford Nixon)

Parker Goes Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 11, 2019

Parker Towing Company is going pink in October to support breast cancer prevention awareness and research during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The traditionally blue exhaust stacks of the motor vessels… Read More