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Featured Employee | Jim Wood

Jim Wood has been working at Terral RiverService Inc. for 10 years, and is the Captain of the M.V. Marguerite L. Terral. “I wanted to work there for the family atmosphere and the great equipment – the boats are well kept,” Jim said.

Featured Employee | Mark Moreno

Mark Moreno started working at Terral in 2010 and briefly moved to Dallas in 2014. After 9 months in Dallas, he moved back to Natchitoches in 2015 to continue working with Terral as the Natchitoches Location Manager.

Terral RiverService Welcome’s CFO, Paul Moore

Terral RiverService welcomes Paul Moore as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Paul is succeeding Daniel Terral, who has served as Terral CFO for 11 years and will remain with Terral RiverService as the Corporate Secretary.

Terral RiverService Inc. Renews and Extends Agreement with Savage/CLECO

Terral RiverService Inc. is proud to announce the renewal of their vessel charter agreement with Savage/CLECO. The agreement is for the charter of three vessels to move petroleum coke to the CLECO Power Plant Facility on the Red River. The boats chartered for this job will run between New Orleans, LA and Boyce, LA. This… Read more »

Featured Employee | Felicia Terrell

Felicia Terrell got her start in the river transportation industry 15 years ago, working as an accountant for Kinder Morgan and later becoming a Fleet Scheduler. Terral RiverService Inc. acquired Kinder Morgan’s river assets in December of 2017 and Felicia feels that the transition could not have gone more smoothly. Felicia’s favorite part of working… Read more »

Terral RiverService, Inc. Acquires Kinder Morgan’s River Assets

Terral RiverService, Inc. is pleased to announce the purchase of Kinder Morgan river assets in Blytheville, Arkansas and Decatur, Alabama. The purchase, which closed on December 31, 2017, includes three fleets: The Barfield fleet at mile marker 810 and the Hickman fleet at mile marker 823, both on the Lower Mississippi River, and the Decatur… Read more »

Terral RiverService, Inc. Expands Contract with Vulcan Materials, Inc.

As a result of our meeting on July 10, 2017, Terral RiverService and Vulcan Materials signed a new agreement in December expanding on their previous partnership. Terral will now provide Vulcan with towing and offloading services in the Mid-America region, which primarily consists of Memphis, Tenn. and Tunica, Miss. In addition to towing and offloading,… Read more »

Featured Employee | Brandon Miller

Brandon Miller started working for Terral RiverService, Inc. in September of 2012. Before that, he worked in construction, which is how he first became acquainted with the company. “Terral was bringing us the rock for asphalt, and I became really interested in getting on the river,” Brandon said.

Terral Signs Contract With Nucor Corporation

Terral RiverService, Inc. recently started doing business with Nucor Corporation, one of the largest steel producers in the United States. Jeff Jeffcoat, Traffic Manager at Nucor, says the decision to partner with Terral RiverService came after his general manager asked him to look into more cost-effective modes of transportation.