Yazoo River Towing, Inc

Yazoo River Towing, Inc is a Towing Service in Vicksburg, MS, located at 535 Port Terminal Circle. The company operates a fleet of 28 barges to provide transportation and shipping of goods and products along the Yazoo River. It hauls both dry and liquid products in bulk and offers fully found vessel chartering services for companies needing horsepower throughout the Western Rivers and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways of the United States. Yazoo River Towing, together with its sister company Vicksburg Plant Food, provides horsepower and barges for a complete freight package. The business also provides liquid and dry storage opportunities at its locations and delivers freight logistics services for multi-river freight moves as well as project cargo transits. It serves the Inland Waters of the United States connected to the Lower Mississippi River, including its tributaries and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Operations cover the Lower Mississippi River, Upper Mississippi River, Ohio River, Illinois River, White River, Yazoo River, Tenn-Tom Waterway, Black Warrior, Tennessee River, Arkansas River, Red River, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Panama City to Corpus Christi. The company holds a rating of 3.70.

The company’s history began in 1936 at the Vicksburg City Front, where the great-grandfather of the current generation of owners started a fisheries and survey boat business. In 1979, J.O. Smith Jr. started Yazoo River Towing. The primary job was to move grains and fertilizers on the Yazoo River from as far north as Greenwood, MS, to the Mississippi River. Since then, the company has grown and expanded into the vast majority of rivers that flow into the entire Mississippi Valley River System. Yazoo River Towing, Inc. is TMSA certified with SIRE inspected vessels for the use of petroleum and hazardous chemical towing. It is a member of the American Waterways Operators and the Waterways Council Inc. With 49+ years of experience, the company aims to deliver professional services.

Key staff members include President Patrick Smith, Dispatch manager Teresa Donovan, HR Director Shelley Hearn, and HR Admin Hannah Jennings. Timothy Roberson serves as Port Captain, Megan McCullough handles Payroll and Accounting, and Perry Huskey is the Port Engineer. The business is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Yazoo River Towing, Inc is a Towing Service in Vicksburg, MS.

Yazoo River Towing, Inc is a Towing Service in Vicksburg, MS.

Yazoo River Towing, Inc is a Towing Service in Vicksburg, MS.

Located on Port Terminal Circle, the business sits about a fifth of a mile from Big River Shipbuilders and a third of a mile from the Coast Guard Pier. It is also roughly a mile and a half from the USS Cairo Museum and North Washington Street.

BizScoreAI gives the business a Technical score of 92 out of 100, which means the website is secure and easy for search engines to read without errors. The Content Quality score is 75 out of 100, showing the site clearly answers customer questions so AI assistants can quote it directly.