OT ship captains: Bisso Towboats vs E.N. Bisso and Son Towboats

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The Bisso Towboat Company was founded in 1890, by Captain Joseph Bisso. When he acquired his first tug the Leo.

In 1907, Captain Joseph Bisso passed away. And ownership of the company passed to Captain Bisso's son. Captain William A. "Billy" Bisso.

In 1908, Captain "Billy" founded the New Orleans Coal Company. Which grew to become the largest ship coaling, and colliery business in the port of New Orleans, Louisiana.

In 1922, the New Orleans Coal Company merged the with the Bisso Towboat Company.

In the wake of World War II, the company faced the task of modernizing their fleet. Which involved converting the company's tugs from steam propulsion to diesel propulsion.

In 1963, Captain "Billy" Slatton passed away, at the age of 88. The Bisso Towboat Company was reorganized under the leadership of his daughter, Cecilia Bisso Slatten. And, his grandson, Captain William A. "Billy" Slatten.

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E.N. BISSO & SON, INC. is proudly owned by 5th generation family descendants of Captain Joseph Bisso who founded the company by launching a ferry service to row people across the Mississippi River in Uptown New Orleans. E.N. BISSO & SON, INC. can trace these early days of the company’s activities back to 1880 and the oars in our logo are a salute to our origins. This enterprise quickly expanded to employ the use of steam-powered ferries and tugs. The ferry business grew into a sizable venture and was eventually sold to the State of Louisiana.

In 1946, the company was split up and Captain Edwin Napoleon Bisso and his son, Joseph August Bisso, II formed their own company with 6 tugboats and 2 heavy-lift derricks, naming it E.N. BISSO & SON.

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