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Mv. Capt. Larry Salyers Honors Longtime McGinnis Employee The mv. Capt. Larry Salyers. (Photo courtesy of McGinnis Inc.)

Mv. Capt. Larry Salyers Honors Longtime McGinnis Employee

September 16, 2022

For 41 years, seven days a week, Bruce McGinnis and Larry Salyers have been each other’s first morning phone call. McGinnis, CEO of McGinnis Inc., hired Salyers, who now serves… Read More

A Marriage Proposal Wrapped In A Valentine’s Towboat Renaming Kyle Aldrich, executive vice president of Evansville Marine Service in Evansville, Ind., proposed to his wife, Meagan, on Valentine’s Day weekend in 2020 in front of a boat newly renamed the mv. Brooks Andrew in honor of her young son. The couple married last year. (Photo courtesy of Kyle and Meagan Aldrich)

Kyle Aldrich, executive vice president of Evansville Marine Service in Evansville, Ind., proposed to his wife, Meagan, on Valentine’s Day weekend in 2020 in front of a boat newly renamed the mv. Brooks Andrew in honor of her young son. The couple married last year. (Photo courtesy of Kyle and Meagan Aldrich)

A Marriage Proposal Wrapped In A Valentine’s Towboat Renaming

February 11, 2022

Most fairytales start with once upon a time. This one starts with once upon a towboat. The towboat is the 1,200 hp., twin-screw Brooks Andrew, an Evansville Marine Service harbor… Read More

2021: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events Caption for photo: The Lower Monongahela River Project reached a major milestone in September when Charleroi Lock was dewatered. The Pittsburgh Engineer District had finished building the new lock chamber walls and emptied it of 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanized inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michael Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Caption for photo: The Lower Monongahela River Project reached a major milestone in September when Charleroi Lock was dewatered. The Pittsburgh Engineer District had finished building the new lock chamber walls and emptied it of 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanized inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michael Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

2021: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events

December 17, 2021

The year 2021 was a dramatic year in infrastructure developments, with much of the action turning on efforts by the administration of incoming President Joe Biden to overturn or reverse… Read More

The Well-Traveled Tug Chandeleur DS_Chandeleur ub Monaca, Pa (Boat Photo Museum)

The Well-Traveled Tug Chandeleur

July 16, 2021

We will take a break from the evolution of the diesel towboat with this writing, in order to present a subject perhaps more compatible with this special Gulf Intracoastal issue… Read More

Marquette Introduces ‘New’ H.E. Bowles To Fleet The mv. H.E. Bowles was completely rebuilt on the hull of the former mv. George King, which was destroyed in a fire in January 2018. (Photo by Mike Herschler)

The mv. H.E. Bowles was completely rebuilt on the hull of the former mv. George King, which was destroyed in a fire in January 2018. (Photo by Mike Herschler)

Marquette Introduces ‘New’ H.E. Bowles To Fleet

July 2, 2021

Some older veteran river industry personnel, executives, aficionados and others associated with the inland marine industry (especially the upper Ohio River area) may experience a bit of déjà vu when… Read More

Barbour JB Builds Retractable Towboat For SITCO The Patricia A with the pilothouse in the down position.

Barbour JB Builds Retractable Towboat For SITCO

February 19, 2021

The last time Southern Illinois Transfer (SITCO) put a new boat into service, the Sparta, Ill., company had to wait for the Kaskaskia River to fall so that the boat… Read More

Letter: Towboat Poem

January 4, 2021

Towboat Poem As I’m on this boat, looking out of the window I think about my life, and how far I will go Will I ever be a captain? Or… Read More

Searchable Inland River Record Launches Online Inland River Record online

Searchable Inland River Record Launches Online

December 11, 2020

Beginning December 11, Waterways Journal subscribers now have access to a valuable benefit: the searchable online version of the Inland River Record. The searchable online database has been under development… Read More

It’s Still Early Days for Diesel Electric Hybrids On The Inland Waterways

August 21, 2020

The concept of a diesel-electric hybrid engine is far from new. Hybrid diesel-electric vessels have been around for more than 100 years. The German submarines that terrorized the seas in… Read More

Devall Towing Puts New Boat, Barges Into Service The mv. Kathryn Louise has 1,500 hp. from twin Tier 3 Cummins QSK-19 diesels. (Photo courtesy of Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC)

The mv. Kathryn Louise has 1,500 hp. from twin Tier 3 Cummins QSK-19 diesels. (Photo courtesy of Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC)

Devall Towing Puts New Boat, Barges Into Service

May 15, 2020

Devall Towing & Boat Service of Hackberry LLC took delivery of a new towboat March 18 from Southwest Shipyard. The boat is the mv. Kathryn Louise and it is the… Read More