Most men nicknamed “Mac” have a Scottish or Irish surname that begins “Mac” or “Mc.” But according to Michael Taylor, owner of Paducah Barge, his father-in-law Mike Marshall acquired… Read More
Author: David Murray
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has won a reversal of a $3.8 million jury verdict in the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston. The decision reinforces… Read More
For several years, ports and terminals along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers have been grouping together in regional clusters like the Corn Belt Ports to improve their federal recognition… Read More
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum February 13 directing a rapid review process to determine a schedule of country-specific “reciprocal tariffs” for all U.S. trading partners based on each partner’s… Read More
Capt. Darrell Pyke At age 19, Darrell Pyke was attending a welding school when an older man named Willie Neville struck up a friendship with him. Neville worked on dredges… Read More
Canal Barge has a unique distinction among long-lived towboating companies. “In the 91 years we’ve been operating, Canal Barge has seldom if ever tied up a boat or laid anyone… Read More
Capt. Scott Dupriest Capt. Scott Dupriest is a captain with Tennessee Valley Towing on the mv. Tom Freeman, a twin-screw 3,450 hp. boat built by Marine Welding & Repair Works… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard may be reconsidering its previously announced decision to remove 36 aids to navigation (ATON) from the upper Missouri River north of Blencoe, Iowa. The pause comes… Read More
President Donald Trump announced on February 11 the new tariffs he has been promising. They include tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, along with 25 percent additional… Read More
The American Waterways Operators’ president and CEO, Jennifer Carpenter, released an open letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom on January 30, urging him to withdraw requests to the California Air… Read More
