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Towboaters And Their Children Sought To Test Brown-Water Board Game SCI’s Matthew Hyner has been developing the Underway board game for more than a year. The game is believed to be the first board game geared toward brown-water mariners. Hyner hopes it will help them to better connect with their children about what they do at work. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Hyner)

SCI’s Matthew Hyner has been developing the Underway board game for more than a year. The game is believed to be the first board game geared toward brown-water mariners. Hyner hopes it will help them to better connect with their children about what they do at work. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Hyner)

Towboaters And Their Children Sought To Test Brown-Water Board Game

July 27, 2022

The developer of a towboating board game is looking for river industry professionals and their families to help test it. Matthew Hyner, simulation and database manager for Seamen’s Church Institute,… Read More

Panel Addresses Marine Workforce Training, Recruitment The Waterways Journal’s Frank McCormack moderates an IMX Workforce panel including, from left: Joe White, AEU LEAD; Patrick Parsons, American Waterways Operators; Errin Howard, RiverWorks Discovery; Kevin O’Neill, West Kentucky Community & Technical College; and the Rev. David Shirk, Seamen’s Church Institute. (Photo by John Shoulberg)

The Waterways Journal’s Frank McCormack moderates an IMX Workforce panel including, from left: Joe White, AEU LEAD; Patrick Parsons, American Waterways Operators; Errin Howard, RiverWorks Discovery; Kevin O’Neill, West Kentucky Community & Technical College; and the Rev. David Shirk, Seamen’s Church Institute. (Photo by John Shoulberg)

Panel Addresses Marine Workforce Training, Recruitment

June 3, 2022

With employers from many industries experiencing vacancies, panelists at the Inland Marine Expo session titled “Workforce Development and Company Culture” focused on how to address those challenges in the inland… Read More

SCI Honors Longtime Industry Leader Walter Blessey From left, Bruce Paulsen, SCI board chairman; Mark Nestlehutt, president of SCI; Blessey Marine Chairman Walter Blessey; Clark Todd, president and CEO of Blessey Marine. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

From left, Bruce Paulsen, SCI board chairman; Mark Nestlehutt, president of SCI; Blessey Marine Chairman Walter Blessey; Clark Todd, president and CEO of Blessey Marine. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

SCI Honors Longtime Industry Leader Walter Blessey

May 13, 2022

The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) hosted its annual Maritime Training Benefit Luncheon in Houston April 28 after a two-year break due to COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida. Despite that delay, the… Read More

Blessing Ceremony Marks SCI River Chaplain Transition From left: The Rev. Kempton Baldridge, the Rev. David Shirk and the Rev. Tom Rhoades. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

From left: The Rev. Kempton Baldridge, the Rev. David Shirk and the Rev. Tom Rhoades. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Blessing Ceremony Marks SCI River Chaplain Transition

March 4, 2022

The tools of the trade the Rev. David Shirk received as the new Upper Mississippi and Ohio River chaplain for Seamen’s Church Institute may not have been what he expected. Read More

RocketShip Pilots Train On New SCI Simulator Model The R/S RocketShip transports Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy boosters, second stages and payload fairings for United Launch Alliance (ULA) to be used in the space program. (Photo courtesy of Seamen’s Church Institute)

The R/S RocketShip transports Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy boosters, second stages and payload fairings for United Launch Alliance (ULA) to be used in the space program. (Photo courtesy of Seamen’s Church Institute)

RocketShip Pilots Train On New SCI Simulator Model

January 21, 2022

Crowds who watch the launch of spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center or gathered in front of their TVs likely have no idea that for the past 22 years it has… Read More

Golding, Nadeau Lead River Bell Honorees Austin Golding, left, and Rev. Mark Nestlehutt flank Steve Golding, chairman of Golding Barge Line, who received the River Bell Award at the 21st annual River Bell Awards Luncheon in Paducah, Ky., December 9. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Austin Golding, left, and Rev. Mark Nestlehutt flank Steve Golding, chairman of Golding Barge Line, who received the River Bell Award at the 21st annual River Bell Awards Luncheon in Paducah, Ky., December 9. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Golding, Nadeau Lead River Bell Honorees

December 22, 2021

In a ceremony that paid tribute to mariners as the essential workers who kept freight moving throughout a global pandemic along with the recognized honorees, the Seamen’s Church Institute held… Read More

‘Chaps’ Baldridge Retiring From Seamen’s Church Institute When the Rev. Kempton Baldridge retires as Seamen’s Church Institute’s senior river chaplain early next year after more than 11 years of service, friends and colleagues say his cheerfulness along with his tireless commitment to mariners and genuine concern over their wellbeing will be difficult to replace. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

When the Rev. Kempton Baldridge retires as Seamen’s Church Institute’s senior river chaplain early next year after more than 11 years of service, friends and colleagues say his cheerfulness along with his tireless commitment to mariners and genuine concern over their wellbeing will be difficult to replace. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

‘Chaps’ Baldridge Retiring From Seamen’s Church Institute

December 17, 2021

The Rev. Kempton Baldridge makes a habit of reaching out to people. He shakes the hands of the towboat crews he calls shipmates. He lays a hand on a shoulder… Read More

Craig Philip Combines Industry, Academic Experience To Benefit Inland Maritime Sector

November 19, 2021

In his long career, Dr. Craig Philip has combined the best of academia with the best of work experience in the maritime industry. Philip, 68, of Nashville, Tenn., received his… Read More

SCI Chaplains Help Mariners Who Rode Out Hurricane Ida

October 17, 2021

It’s been close to two months since Hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong Category 4 storm at Port Fourchon, La., slowly moved inland over towns like Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Bourg, Raceland… Read More

SCI Simulators Help Ensure Safety In New Bridge Design Capt. Mike Coley of Canal Barge Company pilots a tow toward a simulated new Interstate 49 bridge across the Arkansas River. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Capt. Mike Coley of Canal Barge Company pilots a tow toward a simulated new Interstate 49 bridge across the Arkansas River. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

SCI Simulators Help Ensure Safety In New Bridge Design

October 15, 2021

Capt. Mike Coley looked up from where he was piloting a tow beneath a simulated new Interstate 49 bridge across the Arkansas River. “This is one of the times when… Read More