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Cooper Marine Acquires Mv. Jinx P. Smith, Renames It Crimson White II

February 6, 2023

Cooper Marine, Mobile, Ala., has added the mv. Crimson White II to its fleet. The 4,600 hp. towing vessel was formerly the Jinx P. Smith, owned by Yazoo River Towing,… Read More

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg

February 25, 2022

Hinds Community College in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted a Who Works the Rivers (WWR) career discovery day February 11, with about 150 high school juniors and seniors from five area schools… Read More

Vicksburg Students Learn ‘Who Works the Rivers’ A group of Vicksburg high school students tour Ergon Marine as part of the February 28 Who Works the Rivers event. (Photo courtesy of Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply)

A group of Vicksburg high school students tour Ergon Marine as part of the February 28 Who Works the Rivers event. (Photo courtesy of Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply)

Vicksburg Students Learn ‘Who Works the Rivers’

March 18, 2019

RiverWorks Discovery brought its popular Who Works the Rivers (WWR) maritime career discovery day to Vicksburg, Miss., February 28. The event attracted more than 150 area high school students and… Read More

Captain Profile: Capt. Ty Wilkerson, Yazoo River Towing

February 26, 2018

Growing up fishing along the banks of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, Ty Wilkerson was always intrigued by passing towboats. That interest eventually led him to apply to a job… Read More