ST.PAUL, Minn. – The first tow of 2025 arrived in St. Paul, marking the opening of the shipping season the whole navigable length of the Mississippi River from New Orleans north. The Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl, owned by Ingram Barge of Nashville, had the honors. The vessel’s twin screws and 6,150 horsepower rammed nine barges through the remaining ice on Lake Pepin between Red Wing and Wabash on Thursday.
The tow Neil N. Diehl. Docking through Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings. Under orevious wnershio, the Diehl, built in 1981, carried the name Parthenon. Image: Angel Binner
