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Mike’s Completes New-Construction Towboat

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Mike’s Completes New-Construction Towboat

March 18, 2022

Mike’s Inc., from its shipyard in Wood River, Ill., at Mile 198.8 on the Upper Mississippi River, has completed final touches to the new-construction towboat mv. Bianca Marko. Workers finished… Read More

Hard Work, Perseverance Are Keys To IMX Honoree Marko’s Success Mike Marko, center, at 8 years old on the mv. Midwest Cities. (Photo courtesy of Mike's Inc.)

Mike Marko, center, at 8 years old on the mv. Midwest Cities. (Photo courtesy of Mike's Inc.)

Hard Work, Perseverance Are Keys To IMX Honoree Marko’s Success

May 21, 2021

It could be said that 80-year-old Mike Marko, known to many as “Sparky,” was born with proverbial grease under his nails. Marko, the president and owner of Mike’s Inc., is… Read More