RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works the Rivers (WWR) maritime career discovery day returned to New Orleans February 20, with close to 175 high school students from across the region gathering at… Read More
Features
Stories on some of the unique and colorful people who populate the barge industry. Human-interest articles on companies and individuals who make a difference in people’s lives, all while keeping the boats and barges moving.
Unlike many who choose a river career, Capt. Chris Snouffer had no family members on the rivers. In fact, he had no intention of working on the rivers at all… Read More
An avid golfer, Capt. Bryon Given applies the same work ethic to his job on the river as he does to his time on the golf course. His employer calls… Read More
(Click on image for full photo) “If you’re man enough to quit school, then you’re man enough to go to work.” Spoken by this father, these are the words Terry… Read More
(Click on image for full photo) To say Capt. Kenny Billiot Jr. is carrying on a family legacy at Wood Towing would be an understatement. When asked how many of… Read More
(Click on image for full photo) The second steamboat to carry the name Chris Greene—the first was destroyed by fire in 1922—played an important part in the early life of… Read More
Some people spend years or even decades in search of a calling or career that fulfills them. Others, though, find it at an early age, never look back and go… Read More
Capt. Brad Bond started out shipping on the rivers in 1979, ten days after he graduated from high school in Red Wing, Minn. “My brother worked for a company in… Read More
Kelly Phillips, the now-famous captain of the houseboat “Shameless” who began his Mississippi River odyssey in March 2017 in Prairie du Chien, Wis., after being given just three months to… Read More
There have been steamboats and towboats named for presidents of the United States. Toward the end of the steam and paddlewheel era, there was a Mississippi River train ferry named,… Read More
