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Excell Honors Longtime Employee Mike Bechtold

Towboats

Excell Honors Longtime Employee Mike Bechtold

November 21, 2023

Excell Marine Corporation, the Cincinnati-based barge line affiliate of McNational Inc., recently renamed one of its towboats the mv. Mike Bechtold. Originally named Barbara Brent and then, most recently, Chip… Read More

McGinnis Building First Towing Vessel In 11 Years New 1,600 hp. retractable-pilothouse towboat under construction at McGinnis Inc.’s Sheridan Shipyard.

New 1,600 hp. retractable-pilothouse towboat under construction at McGinnis Inc.’s Sheridan Shipyard.

McGinnis Building First Towing Vessel In 11 Years

March 20, 2020

McGinnis Inc., part of the McNational Inc. group of companies, has begun construction on a new, twin-screw boat. Crews began laying down the keel of the as-yet unnamed, 70- by… Read More

Capt. Harold Newby, Excell Marine Capt_Newby

Capt. Harold Newby, Excell Marine

February 21, 2020

Growing up on the banks of the Ohio River in Cloverport, Ky., Harold Newby was around boats, but he didn’t always see them as a career path. “My father always… Read More