Frank McCormack, Author at The Waterways Journal

MVTTC Conference Returns After COVID Hiatus Caption for photo: Capt. Will Watson, captain of U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, speaks at the podium; next to him are Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition and Eddie Belk, director of programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Caption for photo: Capt. Will Watson, captain of U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, speaks at the podium; next to him are Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition and Eddie Belk, director of programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

MVTTC Conference Returns After COVID Hiatus

March 11, 2022

After canceling its 2021 meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (MVTTC) held its annual conference February 24, marking the group’s 40th anniversary. Read More

Viking Mississippi Enters Final Construction Phase

March 11, 2022

Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Asia, Egypt. These are the places Viking offers river cruises around the world. And with Viking’s first U.S.-built riverboat now in the water and… Read More

Thatcher Project Highlights Ingenuity, Community Partnerships A maintenance crew with the Vicksburg Engineer District removes a portion of the hinged crest gate from Thatcher Lock and Dam on the Ouachita River. The Corps removed the gate and installed the lock and dam’s poiree needle system in early February after discovering that the gate’s anchorages were leaking, causing the Corps to lose pool on Thatcher Lake. (Vicksburg Engineer District photo)

A maintenance crew with the Vicksburg Engineer District removes a portion of the hinged crest gate from Thatcher Lock and Dam on the Ouachita River. The Corps removed the gate and installed the lock and dam’s poiree needle system in early February after discovering that the gate’s anchorages were leaking, causing the Corps to lose pool on Thatcher Lake. (Vicksburg Engineer District photo)

Thatcher Project Highlights Ingenuity, Community Partnerships

March 4, 2022

Officials with the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Thatcher Lock & Dam, the northernmost navigation structure on the Ouachita River in Arkansas, first noticed something wrong at the structure in late… Read More

Golding Family To Donate Riverside Land For New Vicksburg Park John Reid Golding at site of future community park in Vicksburg on land to be donated by the Golding family.

John Reid Golding at site of future community park in Vicksburg on land to be donated by the Golding family.

Golding Family To Donate Riverside Land For New Vicksburg Park

February 25, 2022

Vicksburg, Miss., will soon have a new community park on the Mississippi River, thanks to a donation from Vicksburg’s own Golding family. Golding Barge Line (GBL) has operated… Read More

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg

February 25, 2022

Hinds Community College in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted a Who Works the Rivers (WWR) career discovery day February 11, with about 150 high school juniors and seniors from five area… Read More

ABB’s Turbocharging Division Rebrands As Accelleron, Spinoff Contemplated

February 23, 2022

ABB has announced the rebranding of its turbocharging division under the name “Accelleron,” which is a compound of words like “access,” “accelerate” and “excel.” The brand builds off of… Read More

Capt. Royal ‘Roy’ Veal, Turn Services Capt. Roy Veal

Capt. Royal ‘Roy’ Veal, Turn Services

February 18, 2022

Royal “Roy” Veal is captain aboard the mv. Kelso, a 1,200 hp. towboat assigned to Turn Services’ Dockside Fleet. Veal earned his first license as a steersman in 2011. Read More

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