Couch Aggregates

On May 22, National Maritime Day marks the anniversary of the U.S. maritime industry's inception, recognizing the contributions and sacrifices of America's Merchant Marines, and often honors notable vessels and seafarers pivotal to the nation's history. At Couch Aggregates, our operations leverage smaller push tugs to transport substantial quantities of aggregate material - approximately 12,000 tons at a time - across multiple states along the rivers, appreciating the maritime lifestyle's demands. We acknowledge the diligence of mariners and express gratitude for their hard work on this day.

From the web:

While the holiday commemorates a transatlantic event, U.S. maritime industry encompasses nearly every state in the nation with workers transporting vessels on lakes, rivers, and oceans. Employment opportunities aren't limited to shipyards either. The maritime industry also calls for workers with expertise in fishing, aquaculture, processing, diving, and transportation, just to name a few.

Big shoutout to our guys manning the Charbaby unload rig helping get our material up on the bank in Freeport! We can load all the barges we want, but without this piece of machinery, rocks do not hit the ground. 

To all the incredible mothers out there, Happy Mothers Day, your love and strength inspire us, without you, our lives would be unimaginable.

Hello Freeport, limestone has arrived and is being unloaded!

They say 25/hr. What do you think? I say more if you’re working it the way it should be ran!

Good Saturday morning from Freeport! Stacking up limestone fresh off the barge!

It’s that time of year again!!

Which one was loaded first/last? And did they drive or back it on?