Within the next month, the Eddyville (Ky.) Riverport and Industrial Development Authority expects to finalize grant funding that will allow for a major expansion, with work beginning this fall. Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
A pilot did not effectively compensate for outdraft current, causing a barge tow to strike a vane dike last year while navigating out of the McAlpine Locks in Louisville, Ky. Read More
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters announced May 1 that the Department of Homeland Security has approved full production of the first of its Polar Security Cutters (PSC). Additionally, low-rate initial… Read More
Crews are more than two months into the projected three-month repair of upstream miter gates in the main chamber at New Cumberland Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 54.3. Read More
The opening of the main navigational lock chamber at Wilson Locks and Dam has been delayed by approximately three weeks, until early July instead of June 14. The Nashville Engineer… Read More
The Coast Guard’s final rule on cybersecurity in the marine transportation system will be the topic of discussion for panelists at the upcoming Inland Marine Expo (IMX) May 28 to… Read More
Construction of a new, 600- by 110-foot lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River has reached two major milestones, with crews beginning to erect the new lock’s… Read More
More than six months after the closure of Wilson Lock’s main chamber, ports, shippers, fleeting services, linehaul operations and other river-related businesses say it is costing them. In some cases,… Read More
With her blue hair layers and visible tattoos, the Rev. Grace Pardun said she might not be what mariners are expecting when a chaplain comes calling. But Pardun, who began… Read More
The Corps of Engineers reopened the navigational lock at Lockport Lock and Dam on the Illinois River April 4 after crews discovered damage to the lock’s lower miter… Read More
