Capt. Vince Bradford, captain of the mv. Frank T. Stegbauer, made his way into a career on the inland waterways almost by accident. He was raised in Los Angeles, Calif.,… Read More
Author: David Murray
Bryan Bishop’s dad was a captain when Bryan was born in Fairhope, Ala.—and is currently a captain on fishing vessels in the waters of the Bering Sea for the company… Read More
A breakaway of about 40 barges in the St. Louis region on February 12 closed the river as it took most of a day to round up, but resulted in… Read More
By the end of 2019, Mark Knoy, president and CEO of American Commercial Barge Line, knew he had some tough and challenging tasks ahead of him. The unprecedented season of… Read More
Inland waterways stakeholders reacted strongly to President Donald Trump’s proposed 2021 budget, which contains no money at all for construction of ongoing priority navigation projects cost-shared with the Inland Waterways… Read More
(Updated February 7 to include more quotes from Mark Knoy) American Commercial Lines Inc. (parent company to ACBL and ACBL Transportation Services) announced February 4 that it has entered into… Read More
A campaign to have a 221-mile stretch of terminals and ports in the Upper Mississippi River consolidated into a single federally recognized port district is gaining steam. Robert Sinkler, the… Read More
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has urgently invited assessors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to visit Port Milwaukee to assess the extent of damage left by a line of… Read More
No one operating barges needed to be told that 2019 was a tough year for the barge industry. Historic flooding on most river systems combined with trade turmoil to bring… Read More
A line of winter storms that hit the Midwest January 12 was especially hard on Milwaukee—particularly Port Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan. Adam Schlicht, executive director of Port… Read More
