St. Louis regional ports and the St. Louis Regional Freightway are jointly supporting the Port of New Orleans’ efforts to strengthen the flow of inland river cargo with the… Read More
Archive: 2023
Roughly 180 juniors and seniors from six area high schools participated in RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers on September 13 in Paducah, Ky. Students rotated among stations… Read More
A year after the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) received a nearly $515,000 Port Security Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the port was recently… Read More
The Coast Guard issued an interim rule September 1 as the first step to implement the statutorily-mandated requirements for DUKW amphibious passenger vessels (informally known as duck boats). This… Read More
Donna Kay Griffen York, 81, of Paducah, Ky., a longtime employee of Crounse Corporation, died September 7 at Clinton Place in Clinton, Ky. She retired from Crounse after 35… Read More
A state grant announced in July will help the Henderson County Riverport Authority to replace and upgrade its dry fertilizer scale. Announced in July, the Kentucky Riverport Improvement… Read More
Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, Inc. will host its annual conference September 19-21 in Louisville, Ky. All activities other than special outings will take place at the Hyatt… Read More
Capt. Phil C. Elsey was one of the founders of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen. A group of river personages gathered at the Hotel Lafayette in Gallipolis,… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District will begin a 60-day closure at Algiers Lock on October 2 to repair damage incurred in a July 4 allision. On Independence Day,… Read More
By James A. Kearns III Jones Walker LP As previously reported by The Waterways Journal, the Capital Construction Fund (CCF) program of the Maritime Administration… Read More


