Parker Power
We operate one of the largest towboat fleets in the region with vessels ranging from 700 horsepower to 4600 horsepower. Though we concentrate primarily on the Black Warrior, Tennessee-Tombigbee, Tennessee, Cumberland and East Canal Waterways, we do provide service to points such as St. Paul, MN; Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh, PA; and Houston, TX.
Parker Barge Fleet
Parker transports a variety of commodities such as coal, DRI, finished cement, cement clinker, metallic ores, petroleum and metallurgical cokes, aggregates, ferro-alloys, steel products, scrap metals, forest products, machinery and project cargo in our fleet of open and covered hopper barges. We have moved millions of tons of coal to domestic coal consuming plants and utilities and to the New Orleans / Mobile areas for export overseas. Parker also operates a fleet of 30,000 BBL Tank barges for the movement of Asphalt and other petroleum products on the inland waterway system. Drawing upon its barge fleet, Parker Towing is positioned to handle a broad universe of cargoes from and to almost any point in the inland waterway system. Drawing upon its barge fleet, Parker Towing is positioned to handle a broad universe of cargoes from and to almost any point in the inland waterway system.
