This slideshow contains some of our favorite photos from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2021. Please click on the arrow below to begin. … This content is… Read More
Archive: 2021
The Board of Harbor Commissioners unanimously approved Port Milwaukee’s new StewardSHIP sustainability initiative for vessels that have implemented emission reduction measures and other environmental improvements. The port’s newly approved 2022… Read More
As most of the world celebrates the glory of Christmas and the coming of the new year this week, the Old Boat Column focuses upon several steamboat names with a… Read More
Federal officials will not return to Kentucky to perform a seasonal tracking and harvest of Asian carp after a request by a county official. Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White wrote… Read More
American Queen Voyages, a subsidiary of Hornblower Group, announced December 6 that its vessels Victory I and Victory II, acquired in 2018, will be renamed Ocean Voyager and Ocean Navigator… Read More
Columbia Riverkeepers filed a lawsuit against the Corps of Engineers December 8, alleging “pollution” from four dams the Corps operates on the Columbia River from lubricants and other pollutants. Riverkeepers… Read More
The Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind., built a trim sternwheeler in 1910 named Nashville to run in the Evansville–Nashville–Paducah trade for W.W. Parminter of Nashville, Tenn. The wood-hulled riverboat measured… Read More
The longtime director of the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., has announced her upcoming retirement. The center’s executive director, Julie Harris, will retire at the end of June 2022. Read More
Thordon Bearings, one of the most respected names in the marine industry, celebrates its 110th anniversary this year. Founded in 1911, and having pioneered the use of greaseless and water-based… Read More
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was an American illusionist and stunt performer, famous for his sensational escape acts. His first appearances were on the vaudeville circuit in the United States and later… Read More
