The board of commissioners of the Port of Corpus Christi voted in a special meeting September 6 to name the port’s chief financial officer Kent Britton as the… Read More
Archive: 2023
Seamen’s Church Institute will host SafeTALK suicide prevention training October 26 at its Center for Maritime Education in Paducah, Ky. Training will take place from 8 a.m. to… Read More
In the last column we looked at the Husky, built by F.W. Olcott at Paducah in 1937 as the initial vessel of the Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation. UMTC… Read More
Rainfall in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was above normal for the month of August, resulting in above-average runoff; however, due to drier-than-normal conditions in previous… Read More
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted to ratify a new six-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association, which operates West Coast port terminals, on September 1. Read More
As harvest season proceeds with dry conditions continuing throughout the Mississippi River basin and no significant rain in the forecast, agricultural interests are expressing concern about low water and… Read More
Birdon America Inc., the Denver, Colo.-based company that in October 2022 was awarded a $1.187 billion contract for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program, has… Read More
The auxiliary chamber at Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 436.2, is expected to remain closed into next year to allow repairs to miter gates. Domenico Chianesi,… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced September 5 that it has awarded a nearly $30 million contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh to remove the Monongahela… Read More
More than 200 people from 22 states attended the OKI Conference on Freight September 5-7 in Cincinnati, Ohio, making it one of the major national freight conferences of… Read More
