For the fourth year in a row, Dr. Guy Allen, senior economist in the International Grains Program, which is part of the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas… Read More
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The Arkansas Waterways Commission met April 7, its first meeting since the departure of executive director Cassandra Caldwell to take a position with American Cruise Lines. Members had a lot… Read More
With a seven-member board appointed by the governor, the Arkansas Waterways Commission helps develop, promote and protect the state’s five navigable rivers: the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS),… Read More
Ken Eriksen In previous Horizons columns, I wrote that cargo is king, and on the inland rivers, barge makes cargo royalty. If barge makes cargo royalty, then inland… Read More
The Arkansas Waterways Commission recently awarded nearly $3.5 million to six Arkansas ports. Phyllis Harden, commission chair, said the grants were awarded on the basis of improving safety and… Read More
When Chas Haun, executive vice president of Parker Towing Company in Tuscaloosa, Ala., told his daughter that he was naming the company’s newest boat in her honor, she felt special,… Read More
A group of 12 Korean trade officials—11 of them grain buyers—recently spent a whirlwind week from April 21 through 27 touring trading facilities, farms, ports, dams and terminals in… Read More
In detailing the century-old sternwheeler Standard in the last column, mention was made that it was sold in 1939 after the original owner, Sohio Petroleum Company (Standard Oil), had… Read More
As Mississippi River levels continue to sink, barge traffic from the Arkansas River is being restricted. After dipping briefly on October 18 to -12 feet at Memphis,… Read More
In August, a major new warehouse was dedicated in the Port of Little Rock, Ark. It’s the first of two that will give the port almost a million square… Read More
