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Capt. Tom Hanes Upper River Services
| 题名： | Capt. Tom Hanes Upper River Services |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | DAVID MURRAY |
| 摘要： | For inland towboat captains, probably the most basic difference in working conditions is between long-haul and harbor captains. Capt. Tom Hanes, long-time harbor captain for Upper River Services, has no doubts about which he prefers. "I like going home at night," he told The Waterways journal. Hanes, a native of Linwood, Minn., a town of about 1,200 people near St. Paul, began decking at age 18. "My wife's friend's husband worked at Dakota Barge," he said. It was the year Hanes' first son was born, and he was looking for a job with a future. He joined Upper River Services four years later. Hanes knew from the beginning that he wanted his captain's license and spent seven years studying for it. He was helped by many older captains on his way up, each with his own strengths. "I liked the more 'belligerent' captains; there was quite a bit of hazing when I was coming up, and I'm not sure it would be done that way today," he said. He remembers Capt. Phil Mac-Fate, who "taught me how to build a tow; he said it was like playing chess with barges." Pat Turtle, Tom Fleming and Mike Toomey are other captains he learned from. "I can't single out any one particular piece of advice they gave me. I just watched how they were, and how they handled the boats. They were all different." |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Waterways Journal |
| 卷： | 134 |
| 期： | 46 |
| 页码： | 7-7 |
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