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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

BUILD Grant Funding Includes Awards Along Inland Waterways

September 21, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $1 billion in infrastructure improvements September 16 through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. Funding has… Read More

Parker Towing Christens Two Vessels In Mobile, Ala. The Normond McAllister and Hamp Uzzelle are the newest additions to the Parker Towing fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Parker Towing Christens Two Vessels In Mobile, Ala.

November 27, 2019

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened a pair of towing vessels November 15, naming them for longtime friends and business associates Normond McAllister and the late George Hampton “Hamp”… Read More

Agnes Zaiontz, Longtime Tenn-Tom Authority Leader, Remembered The museum that tells the story of the creation of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway was named for Agnes Zaiontz in a January ceremony.

Agnes Zaiontz, Longtime Tenn-Tom Authority Leader, Remembered

July 5, 2019

Agnes Goodman Zaiontz, longtime office manager for the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority, passed away May 29 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She was 77 years old. Read More

Parker Towing Christens Mv. T. Gary Fitts The mv. T. Gary Fitts was originally named Daphne Renee and later L.W. Nelson. Parker Towing Company renamed it in honor of the owner of the company’s longtime insurance broker.

Parker Towing Christens Mv. T. Gary Fitts

April 19, 2019

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened the mv. T. Gary Fitts March 27 at the company’s dock on the west bank of the Black Warrior River. The vessel,… Read More

Parker Towing Acquires Henry Marine Service

October 22, 2018

Parker Towing Company Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., “one of the oldest, most respected barge lines in the country,” as its literature states, recently expanded its marine and terminal… Read More

Hensley Retires From Corps After 43 Years Danny Hensley, retired operations project manager for the Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama-Coosa Waterways, aboard the Corps’ crane barge Choctawhatchee September 28, the day of his retirement. Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River is in the background. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Hensley Retires From Corps After 43 Years

October 5, 2018

A crowd of business and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders gathered at Parker Towing Company’s dock in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the morning of September 28 to tour the Black… Read More

Corps Completes 34-Day Closure At Holt Lock And Dam

Corps Completes 34-Day Closure At Holt Lock And Dam

August 10, 2018

As it weaves through the wooded hills of Tuscaloosa County, Ala., the Black Warrior River tumbles from an elevation of near 240 feet to below 100 feet in a… Read More

Parker Towing Refurbishes Mv. Rhett Parker The mv. Rhett Parker was built in 1982 by Mississippi Marine Towboat Corporation.

Parker Towing Refurbishes Mv. Rhett Parker

July 27, 2018

Parker Towing Company, the Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based towboat, barge and terminal operator, recently partnered with FMT Shipyard & Repair on the Harvey Canal in New Orleans, La., to refurbish… Read More

NTSB Issues Report For 2017 Mckinney Crane Barge Incident

May 25, 2018

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced earlier this month the conclusion of the agency’s investigation into a June 7, 2017, incident involving the breakaway of a moored crane… Read More

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