The scheduled 120-day closure of the Illinois Waterway later this year will start a month earlier than a similar closure in 2020 and is less extensive, while still critical… Read More
Archive: 2023
Regional leaders in the Upper Mississippi River region cheered and welcomed the designation of the Northern Grain Belt Ports, approved by the U.S. Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—California Republican Kevin McCarthy has reached his years-long goal of being elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. His narrow victory came after four days of… Read More
President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared together January 4 at the Brent Spence Bridge that connects Covington, Ky., to Cincinnati, Ohio, to tout the… Read More
Last September, David Simonelli, then-chief operating officer of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), retired after 44 years with the company. Assuming many of Simonelli’s responsibilities at GLDD were… Read More
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), welcomed maritime safety improvements that were included in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year… Read More
Dredge America Inc. is staging equipment and supplies at the Ohio River Boat Launch in Paducah, Ky., in preparation to begin dredging the first week of March. The… Read More
David Bardelmeier David J. Bardelmeier, 85, of Edwardsville, Ill., former customer service manager of Fabick Power Systems, died December 21 at Stillwater Senior Living in Edwardsville. Before working… Read More
Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) has organized its latest chapter in the Coastal Bend area of Texas. “The Coastal Bend chapter hosted its first luncheon in October… Read More
This first column for 2023 may be more appropriate for the Easter season since it involves a resurrection. The boat that will be described is 65 years old this… Read More
