Since retiring in August, my wife, Mary, and I have been very busy. We sold our home in Louisville and moved to Edmond, Okla., on the first of October, and… Read More
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American Commercial Barge Line is celebrating the lives and careers of two teammates with the renaming of two boats in their honor, the mv. Mark L. Duplantis and the mv. Read More
By Nelson Spencer Jr. and Shelley Byrne With a strong balance sheet and a focus on investing in its future, American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has emerged from its pre-packaged… Read More
Campbell Transportation is in the middle of a major project to modernize several towboats. At a cost of $2.2 million per boat, it represents a complete re-engineering of propulsion systems… Read More
Capt. Joseph McCager “Joe Mac” Hamilton, 71, of Battletown, Ky., died August 10. He graduated from Meade County High School in 1967 and attended Western Kentucky University. His river career… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) and its board of directors named Mike Ellis as the company’s new CEO and a member of the board August 6. The appointment will be… Read More
My company, American Commercial Barge Line, pushes safety every day. Life jackets are a requirement for all barge line employees and maritime workers. Your life jackets must be U.S. Coast… Read More
In an email to employees July 15, American Commercial Barge Line President and CEO Mark Knoy announced he would retire from the company and the industry by the end of… Read More
When Mike Mitchell, captain aboard Wood Towing’s mv. Harold Ancar, heard the company was planning to add a new towing vessel to its fleet, he immediately requested to be part… Read More
Experienced river captains from several companies recently spent a week virtually piloting towboats through more than 100 different computer scenarios, testing alignments and pier placements for a new bridge just… Read More
