This month The Waterways Journal’s ongoing Captain Profiles series spotlights Crescent Towing’s Captain Bo Tucker.
Captain Bo Tucker has worked aboard tugs—primarily in Mobile, Alabama—for the better part of 30 years. By 1993 or 1994, he had earned his pilot’s license and began working as a relief captain. Then, in 1998, Tucker began running his own boat. He’s now captain aboard the J.K. McLean, a 92- by 38-foot Z-drive tug with 5,225 hp.
When asked what’s changed over his 30 years working in Mobile Harbor, Tucker pointed straight to the size of ships that harbor tugs service. With harbors expanding and ships getting bigger, Tucker said innovation in the industry will only continue. And that’s part of what continues to excite Tucker about his life aboard a harbor tug—and the maritime industry in general.
Read the full profile at The Waterways Journal.
