When I got my first job on a tugboat, I didn’t consider it a career path. A well-connected acquaintance made a call and got me a job on a Nolty… Read More
Captain Profiles
By The Rev. Geoffrey Davis, Chaplain, The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) The maritime industry is often a “family tradition” of sorts, with generations following in the footsteps of parents and… Read More
Brent Edenfield, captain aboard the Crescent Towing tractor tug Angus R. Cooper II, has been on or near the water in Savannah, Ga., his entire life. “I grew up around… Read More
At age 19, Darrell Pyke was attending a welding school when an older man named Willie Neville struck up a friendship with him. Neville worked on dredges and told the… Read More
Canal Barge has a unique distinction among long-lived towboating companies. “In the 91 years we’ve been operating, Canal Barge has seldom if ever tied up a boat or laid anyone… Read More
During a tour of the Delta Queen when she was 8 years old, Allison Baley knew she wanted to become a steerswoman. “We managed to get a peek in the… Read More
Few people know the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway as well as Capt. Jesse Rogers and his crew. Rogers is captain of the mv. Tenn-Tom, the Corps of Engineers-owned towboat tasked with much… Read More
One of Capt. Danial Kuntz’s first teachers in life was also one of his first in the river business. Kuntz, 39, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, went to work for Bellaire… Read More
Faith and family are everything to Capt. Cecil Dilworth of Parker Towing. Dilworth, 51, of Tupelo, Miss., has worked for the company for 17 years, making his way into the… Read More
Capt. Scott Dupriest is a captain with Tennessee Valley Towing on the mv. Tom Freeman, a twin-screw 3,450 hp. boat built by Marine Welding & Repair Works in Greenville, Miss.,… Read More
