Marquette Transportation Company, LLC one of the industry’s largest marine transporters, is seeking a Port Captain for its Paducah, KY office. Principal responsibilities: Manage day-to-day operations for 10-12 line haul towboats, serve
Inland waterways boats don’t slow down for the holidays — at least not those operated by Paducah, Ky., headquartered Marquette Transportation. Its 134 vessels move essential goods across U.S. waterways 24 hours
After 30 years with Marquette Transportation Company, Paducah, Ky., John Eckstein has assumed the role of executive chairman of Marquette and transitioned his duties as CEO to the company’s president, Damon Judd. In this
APRIL 2, 2015 – Private equity firm KRG Capital Partners has sold its majority stake in Paducah, KY, headquartered tug and towboat operator Marquette Transportation Company Holdings, LLC to BDT Capital Partners,
Even a partial sinking can be expensive and the National Transportation Safety Board has just released its report on one that brought a nearly $178,000 repair bill. According to the NTSB, an
The St. Paul Engineer District locked the M/V Joseph Patrick Eckstein, operated by Marquette Transportation, with 12 barges through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minn., March 17, en route to St.
Last week, Inland River Ports and Terminals (IRPT) gave hundreds of South Louisiana high schoolers the opportunity to learn more about the importance of waterborne transportation and the diversity of career opportunities
On December 7, the 23rd annual River Bell Awards saw a record 600 people attend the event, which took place in Paducah, Ky. The event, which benefits New York-headquartered Seamen’s Church Institute’s
The M/V Thomas Erickson, operated by Marquette Transportation, was the last tow of the 2023 navigation season to depart Lock and Dam 10 near Guttenberg, Iowa, on December 3 with 15 barges,
While waterways operators may be relaxing a little after the industry’s successful completion of the four-year Certificate of Inspection phase-in of the Subchapter M towing vessel safety program, they now face further
