Harry Houdini sitting atop a cotton bale at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans. The steamboat J.S. is at the wharf. (Keith Norrington collection) Harry Houdini… Read More
Archive: 2021
Power management company Eaton, in partnership with the University of Toledo, announced recently that it has been awarded the “Intelligent and Resilient Infrastructure” grant from the U.S. Army Engineer… Read More
Mariners were experiencing delays of up to about five days in transiting Montgomery Locks and Dam at Ohio River Mile 32, due to a scheduled lock chamber closure. Read More
Grundy County (Ill.) Judge Sheldon Sobol will hold a hearing on January 28, 2022, at which he’ll be asked to rule definitively on a barge fleeting permit. Illinois… Read More
The Corpus Christi (Texas) City Council recently awarded a $12.3 million construction contract to Callan Marine Ltd. for the Packery Channel Restoration project. The council also accepted and appropriated… Read More
Another stellar product of the Howard Shipyard was the beautiful and large sidewheeler Indiana. Constructed on a wood hull measuring 285 feet in length by 45 feet in width,… Read More
The Port of Louisville Propeller Club will embark on a new path starting in January 2022. After surviving COVID-19 with all its unintended consequences of no meetings, no… Read More
Lydia Ann Channel Fleet, more familiarly known as LAC Fleet, a provider of fleeting and fuel services in Rockport, Texas, and an operator of towing vessels on charter, christened… Read More
In a ceremony that paid tribute to mariners as the essential workers who kept freight moving throughout a global pandemic along with the recognized honorees, the Seamen’s Church Institute… Read More
Legal battles continue to rage up to the level of the Supreme Court over the Biden administration’s attempt to use the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to enforce mandated… Read More
