Shelley Byrne, Author at The Waterways Journal

New Cumberland River Bridge Opens In Smithland, Ky. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear gives remarks during the opening of the Jim R. Smith Memorial Bridge May 15. The bridge carries U.S. 60 over the Cumberland River in Smithland, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear gives remarks during the opening of the Jim R. Smith Memorial Bridge May 15. The bridge carries U.S. 60 over the Cumberland River in Smithland, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

New Cumberland River Bridge Opens In Smithland, Ky.

May 19, 2023

Amid the crowd gathered for the opening of a new U.S. 60 bridge over the Cumberland River in Smithland, Ky., Muriel Dickerson stood out. Dickerson, 102, was living in nearby… Read More

Mike Rushing To Be Honored With IMX Achievement Award Mike Rushing served in many capacities in the maritime industry but may be best remembered for being a mentor and community leader. (Photo courtesy of Rushing Marine)

Mike Rushing served in many capacities in the maritime industry but may be best remembered for being a mentor and community leader. (Photo courtesy of Rushing Marine)

Mike Rushing To Be Honored With IMX Achievement Award

May 19, 2023

Mike Rushing looked after others, both on the water and off. As the founder of Rushing Marine Service LLC, Rushing, of Jackson, Mo., provided consulting services and… Read More

New Fleet Brings New Life To Redfish Bay Location Eckstein Fleeting Services, doing business as Redfish Bay Fleet, has taken over the barge fleeting management of Redfish Bay Terminal in Aransas Pass, Texas. The new company, founded by industry veteran Kasey Eckstein, is offering multiple services at the site, including crew changes, grocery delivery, water and trash disposal. (Photo courtesy of Eckstein Fleeting Services)

Eckstein Fleeting Services, doing business as Redfish Bay Fleet, has taken over the barge fleeting management of Redfish Bay Terminal in Aransas Pass, Texas. The new company, founded by industry veteran Kasey Eckstein, is offering multiple services at the site, including crew changes, grocery delivery, water and trash disposal. (Photo courtesy of Eckstein Fleeting Services)

New Fleet Brings New Life To Redfish Bay Location

May 19, 2023

With new company Eckstein Fleeting Services, Kasey Eckstein is taking over the barge fleeting management of Redfish Bay Terminal in the greater Corpus Christi area. Located at Mile 535.5 on… Read More

Women In Maritime Operations Selects Taylor Dickerson As New President

May 16, 2023

Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) has announced Taylor Dickerson of Kirby Corporation as the organization’s new national president. Dickerson takes over the presidency from Holly Normand of Ingram Barge Line,… Read More

Work On New Lock Chamber At Charleroi Nears Completion Construction laborers perform work on the chamber floor concrete infill and wall-facing rebar and formwork for the Charleroi Lock Construction Project at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., in March of this year. The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to be filled with water beginning later this month. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Construction laborers perform work on the chamber floor concrete infill and wall-facing rebar and formwork for the Charleroi Lock Construction Project at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., in March of this year. The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to be filled with water beginning later this month. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Work On New Lock Chamber At Charleroi Nears Completion

May 12, 2023

A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22. “That will be a big milestone… Read More

Paducah Club Sets Maritime Day Ceremony

May 5, 2023

The Port of Paducah (Ky.) Propeller Club will honor state Rep. Randy Bridges as its maritime person of the year during a Maritime Day ceremony May 20. The ceremony will… Read More

Corps Christens Mv. Jackie Lee Anderson At Olmsted L&D The mv. Jackie Lee Anderson

Corps Christens Mv. Jackie Lee Anderson At Olmsted L&D

May 4, 2023

Friends and coworkers from the Louisville Engineer District remembered Jackie Lee Anderson on April 27 with the christening of a vessel named in his memory. The 2,000 hp. Z-drive mv. Read More

Brandon Road Project Still Awaits Funding Agreement Screenshot from April 26 webinar shows current plan for Brandon Road Lock.

Brandon Road Project Still Awaits Funding Agreement

April 28, 2023

While the design team continues working on plans at Brandon Road Lock and Dam for a multi-layer system to prevent the spread of invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes,… Read More

Final Barge Removed From Lower McAlpine Dam

April 28, 2023

A hopper barge has been successfully removed from McAlpine Dam, Ohio Mile 606.8. It was the last of three barges that became pinned against the lower dam after 10 barges… Read More

Memphis Engineer District Welcomes $25.5 Million Bank Grading Unit

The Memphis Engineer District welcomed a new, $25.5 million Bank Grading Unit (BGU), April 11. Built over a period of three years, the unit replaces the district’s 74-year-old bank grader. The BGU creates perfectly sloped riverbanks that are then covered in articulated concrete mattresses for bank stabilization on the Lower Mississippi River. It will be named Grader 1. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District.)

Memphis Engineer District Welcomes $25.5 Million Bank Grading Unit

April 28, 2023

After three years of work and $25.5 million, the Memphis Engineer District’s new Bank Grading Unit (BGU) has arrived. The BGU was delivered April 11, docking at its new home… Read More

Author: Shelley Byrne