Amid the crowd gathered for the opening of a new U.S. 60 bridge over the Cumberland River in Smithland, Ky., Muriel Dickerson stood out. Dickerson, 102, was living… Read More
Archive: 2023
Mike Rushing looked after others, both on the water and off. As the founder of Rushing Marine Service LLC, Rushing, of Jackson, Mo., provided consulting services and… Read More
With new company Eckstein Fleeting Services, Kasey Eckstein is taking over the barge fleeting management of Redfish Bay Terminal in the greater Corpus Christi area. Located at Mile… Read More
Cruise-goers in the Big Easy are partying like it’s pre-COVID, with the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) setting a monthly oceangoing and river cruise passenger record in… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) reported a net loss of $3.2 million for the first quarter of 2023, on revenues of $158 million. A year ago, the… Read More
Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) has announced Taylor Dickerson of Kirby Corporation as the organization’s new national president. Dickerson takes over the presidency from Holly Normand of Ingram… Read More
Locks and dams reopened on the Upper Mississippi as waters dropped below flood stage following a surge due to rapid snowmelt. According to river gauge readings from the… Read More
In celebration of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s 90th anniversary in 2023, TVA is offering a chance for the public to tour several of its dams. The tours will… Read More
Charles F. Richardson, president of West Kentucky Coal Company. (Photo from Leahy’s ‘Who’s Who on the Ohio River,’ 1931 – D.Smith collection) In 1921, the Eichleay Contracting Company,… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has released the Draft Feasibility Report and integrated Environmental Assessment (Draft FR/EA) of a study that aims to restore fish passage between the Gulf of… Read More
