towboat

Golding Barge Line, Vicksburg, Miss., a transporter of liquid commodities with roots dating back to 1960, recently took delivery of its 33rd towboat, the mv. Alexa Golding. The new… Read More

The last column was inspired by a near century old pay ledger that had been repurposed into a scrapbook by riverman Palmer Fisher, a friend of many years to… Read More

Vulcan Materials, a construction aggregates company based in Birmingham, Ala., christened the new mv. Larry Gravely on April 3 in a ceremony held at the company’s shipyard in Norfolk,… Read More

As mentioned in this column before, American Barge Line (ABL), forerunner of present-day ACBL, was formed in the late 1920s when Andrew and Patrick Calhoun pooled resources with W.C. Read More

Employees, customers and four generations of the Lowros family gathered November 13 at Parker Towing Company’s headquarters in Northport, Ala., to christen the mv. Tony Lowros, a 1,200 hp. Read More

Ashland Oil & Refining Company (AO&R) was founded in 1924 as a subsidiary of the Swiss Oil Company called Ashland Refining. Paul G. Blazer was placed in charge of… Read More

Crounse Corporation, headquartered in Paducah, Ky., recently took delivery of the 6,034 hp. mv. Linda Little from Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard. The Linda Little is the third 6,034… Read More

This column is about a towboat that has long been a personal favorite of mine. It was not the largest, and it certainly was not the most attractive or… Read More

Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a marine equipment lessor based in Houston, has taken delivery of a new 1,500 hp. towboat. Built by Verret Shipyard in Plaquemine, La., and operated… Read More