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Time For A Change? The Case For Towboat Simulator Model Standards

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Time For A Change? The Case For Towboat Simulator Model Standards

May 16, 2025

For the Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Maritime Education (CME), the safety of mariners is at the heart of everything we do. As the inland towing industry evolves, so does… Read More

SCI Simulators Help Ensure Safety In New Bridge Design Capt. Mike Coley of Canal Barge Company pilots a tow toward a simulated new Interstate 49 bridge across the Arkansas River. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Capt. Mike Coley of Canal Barge Company pilots a tow toward a simulated new Interstate 49 bridge across the Arkansas River. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

SCI Simulators Help Ensure Safety In New Bridge Design

October 15, 2021

Capt. Mike Coley looked up from where he was piloting a tow beneath a simulated new Interstate 49 bridge across the Arkansas River. “This is one of the times when… Read More

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge Ingram Barge Company Capt. Joseph Eubanks, piloting a Seamen’s Church Institute towboat simulator, is downbound toward the piers of a new U.S. 51 bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cairo, Ill., and Wickliffe, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Ingram Barge Company Capt. Joseph Eubanks, piloting a Seamen’s Church Institute towboat simulator, is downbound toward the piers of a new U.S. 51 bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cairo, Ill., and Wickliffe, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge

June 5, 2020

Experienced river captains from several companies recently spent a week virtually piloting towboats through more than 100 different computer scenarios, testing alignments and pier placements for a new bridge just… Read More