Ray Hickey, owner of Tidewater Barge Lines, dies (OBIT, PHOTO)

(VANCOUVER, Wash.) — Ray Hickey, longtime owner of Tidewater Barge Lines, has died, the Oregonian newspaper reported. Hickey started in the business in 1951 as a deckhand and eventually worked his way up to company president. He bought the company in 1983.
 
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By Professional Mariner Staff