Shelley Byrne, Author at The Waterways Journal

IRPT Conference Offered This Week In Louisville

September 18, 2023

Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, Inc. will host its annual conference September 19-21 in Louisville, Ky. All activities other than special outings will take place at the Hyatt… Read More

Contract In Place, Payment Authorized To Move Cairo Port Project Forward Again

September 15, 2023

A port project planned for near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in Cairo, Ill., is taking another step forward with a contract in place for environmental… Read More

Paducah Port Goes Forward With $3.32 Million Grant For Bulk Yard Graphic shows planned improvements at the Port of Paducah as the result of a $3.32 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant. (Graphic courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Graphic shows planned improvements at the Port of Paducah as the result of a $3.32 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant. (Graphic courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Paducah Port Goes Forward With $3.32 Million Grant For Bulk Yard

September 15, 2023

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority is moving forward with implementing a $3.32 million grant from U.S. Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). MarAd announced the PIDP… Read More

Meldahl Auxiliary Chamber To Remain Closed Into 2024

September 8, 2023

The auxiliary chamber at Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 436.2, is expected to remain closed into next year to allow repairs to miter gates. Domenico Chianesi,… Read More

OKI Freight Conference Attracts National Audience ACBL Capt. Chris Primm describes working conditions on board towboats, what he loves about his job and what he sees as the challenges facing the industry during a breakout session September 6 at the OKI Conference on Freight in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

ACBL Capt. Chris Primm describes working conditions on board towboats, what he loves about his job and what he sees as the challenges facing the industry during a breakout session September 6 at the OKI Conference on Freight in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

OKI Freight Conference Attracts National Audience

September 8, 2023

More than 200 people from 22 states attended the OKI Conference on Freight September 5-7 in Cincinnati, Ohio, making it one of the major national freight conferences of… Read More

Keith Norrington, Former Museum Curator, WJ Old Boat Columnist, Remembered Keith Norrington, former curator of the Howard Steamboat Museum and WJ Old Boat columnist, passed away August 30.

Keith Norrington, former curator of the Howard Steamboat Museum and WJ Old Boat columnist, passed away August 30.

Keith Norrington, Former Museum Curator, WJ Old Boat Columnist, Remembered

September 2, 2023

Friends remembered river historian and writer Keith Norrington following his passing on August 30. Norrington, 69, of New Albany, Ind., served as director and curator of the Howard… Read More

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction

September 1, 2023

Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March… Read More

Bank Grading Unit Goes To Work On Lower Miss The new, $25.5 million bank grader, named Grader 1, is at work for the first time in revetment operations on the Lower Mississippi. It replaces a 74-year-old grader. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District)

The new, $25.5 million bank grader, named Grader 1, is at work for the first time in revetment operations on the Lower Mississippi. It replaces a 74-year-old grader. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District)

Bank Grading Unit Goes To Work On Lower Miss

September 1, 2023

The Memphis Engineer District’s new bank grader, Grader 1, is already hard at work helping to provide riverbank stabilization. Delivered to Memphis in April and christened… Read More

Brandon Road Agreement Could Be Near

September 1, 2023

Construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project could be delayed if a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) isn’t signed between the Corps of Engineers and the state of Illinois… Read More

Photos: ADM/ARTCO Open House ADM/ARTCO employees, families and friends tour the mv. Harvest Maiden at PTL Marine in Wickliffe, Ky., as part of the company’s open house. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

ADM/ARTCO employees, families and friends tour the mv. Harvest Maiden at PTL Marine in Wickliffe, Ky., as part of the company’s open house. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Photos: ADM/ARTCO Open House

August 26, 2023

Gryffin Luenebrink, 6, of Bicknell, Ind., gets a boost from his cousin Skyler McAllum, an ARTCo fleetmate in Mount Vernon, Ind., so that he can blow the whistle of… Read More

Author: Shelley Byrne