Benefits of Membership

Being part of a dynamic community of maritime professionals dedicated to improving water transportation and our intermodal transportation system is a key benefit to joining the International Propeller Club. Others include:

• Invitations to members-only events that allow you to network with other maritime community members, and to meet and engage with elected officials and government representatives.
• Social events throughout the year to help you build personal and business relationships with others in the maritime community.
• Opportunities to become a leader in your industry.

Events and Messages

Lori Wasbutsky with the Propeller Club Board stands with 2025 Scholarship Recipient Levi Brown of Paducah Tilghman High School, who was awarded $1,500 for his academic and extracurricular achievements. Congratulations!

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Be well! See you Wednesday, June 11 for the Paducah Propeller Club’s next monthly luncheon.

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Congratulations to our golfers, winners and hole sponsors, and thanks for your support of the First Annual Bob Day Classic!

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#nationalsafeboatingweek

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Congratulations to the Propeller Club’s 2025 Scholarship recipients Levi Brown (Paducah Tilghman High School) and Audrey Haley (McCracken County High School). Mr. Brown could not attend the Maritime Day ceremony due to graduation but Ms. Haley happily accepted the award from Lori Wasbutsky, a member of the Club’s Board.

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A great day to celebrate Darin Adrian as the 2025 Maritime Person of the Year, Shelley Byrne as the 2025 Port Person of the Year, our scholarship winner Audrey Haley (McCracken County High School), and the nation’s brave mariners and critically important maritime industry.

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Scenes from today’s Bob Day Annual Golf Outing. Thank you for joining us!

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Paducah Mayor The Honorable George Bray presents a proclamation to Paducah Propeller Club Board Member Julie Harris for Maritime Day in Paducah. The Propeller Club of Paducah will celebrate Maritime Day on Saturday, May 17 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Seamen’s Church Institute, 129 S. Water Street. #NationalMaritimeDay2025

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In 1933, Congress declared National Maritime Day to commemorate the American steamship Savannah’s voyage from the United States to England, marking the first successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with steam propulsion. During World War II more than 250,000 members of the American Merchant Marine served their country, with more than 6,700 giving their lives, hundreds being detained as prisoners of war and more than 800 U.S. merchant ships being sunk or damaged.

Maritime Day is a time-honored tradition that recognizes one of our country’s most important industries. Each year, ceremonies and celebrations throughout the country recognize Maritime Day and the people our maritime nation depends on.

Join the Propeller Club of Paducah on Saturday, May 17 to honor our nation’s mariners and our local award winners!

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Congrats to the Propeller Club of Paducah’s 2025 scholarship recipients!

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Just 3 slots left for the Bob Day Golf Tourney on Friday, May 16! Register today by contacting Mitzi Mason, propellerclubpaducah@gmail.com

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Paducah is known as the epicenter of the inland waterways but….

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Just 6 afternoon slots are left for the Bob Day Annual Golf Outing May 16! Please contact Mitzi Mason, propellerclubpaducah@gmail.com, for details and to register. Thank you.

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Paducah Mayor George Bray addressed the Propeller Club on April 9 to a packed house, noting the great importance of the maritime industry here, the ways Paducah is offering assistance during recent flooding, some of the exciting potential business sectors that could locate here, and much more.

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The nation’s inland waterways earn a C- on ASCE’s Infrastructure  Report Card for 2025.

Inland Waterways

Register today–only a few 8 a.m. slots are available and a few p.m. slots as well. 

If you missed last week’s webinar on the National Waterways Foundation- commissioned Eno Center for Transportation study, “Benefits and Beneficiaries of the Nation’s Inland Waterways,” watch it here: https://enotrans.org/events/benefits-and-beneficiaries-of-the-nations-inland-waterways/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIz6JlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHT2KjQWfl77qnsx4ysN-bPdBWNvOyC09jpuTVejcj6pJ2bz5KSl8XYWfpw_aem_Hiucefuh_6ltDO5vu8KpBw

April 11 is the deadline to apply for the Propeller Club of Paducah’s 2025 Scholarship Program.

John “Caleb” Skinner, Supervisory Navigation Facility Specialist for Kentucky and Barkley Locks with the Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District (left), and Jeremiah Manning, Corps’ Resident Engineer for Kentucky Lock, spoke February 12 at the Paducah Propeller Club’s monthly luncheon about the status of Kentucky Lock addition and the efficiency gains for shippers and operators to come. Once completed, the new longer lock will allow lockages to be reduced from 4+ hours currently to around 45 minutes.