Even though the Olmsted Locks and Dam won’t be fully operational until late October, it is already working. Waylon Humphrey, deputy chief of operations at the Corps of Engineers, told… Read More
Author: David Murray
United States Steel Corporation announced August 16 that it was investing $750 million to revitalize and modernize a 110-year-old, barge-served steel plant in Gary, Ind. Located on the south shore… Read More
In front of a crowd of about 250 elected officials, contractors and industry supporters, the Corps of Engineers formally dedicated Olmsted Locks and Dam on the lower Ohio River… Read More
Valley Gem Inc., which operates the sternwheel vessels Valley Gem and Major, has introduced a brand new trip it calls “Lockapalooza.” The cruise takes passengers through two radically… Read More
The Calhoun Ferry Company, which operates several ferries from Calhoun County, Ill.—a long, narrow peninsula located between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers—is having a busy summer. The… Read More
Steiner Shipyard of Bayou la Batre, Ala., recently completed the mv. Grand Vic, a car and passenger ferry for service in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its hull was… Read More
Gus Gaspardo is president of the Padelford Packet Boat Company, St. Paul, Minn., and 2018 president of the Passenger Vessel Association. Gaspardo has been chairman of PVA’s Regulatory Committee… Read More
On June 27, a bill favoring the Delta Queen, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and supported by Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill passed the Senate Commerce… Read More
A 10-mile stretch of the Upper Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn., was closed due to a derailed tank car that spilled about 3,200 gallons of diesel fuel into… Read More
Operated by a newly-formed transportation and logistics company, the Port of St. Joseph, Mo., loaded its first barge shipment in four years last week. Missouri River Services picked up… Read More
