Named in memory of a longtime friend, Osage Marine Services welcomed the mv. Capt. Mike Rushing into its fleet February 2 in a christening ceremony in St. Louis harbor. The… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
When Capt. Robert Tillson isn’t aboard Hines Furlong Line’s 4,000 hp. mv. Donna Furlong, he prefers faster transportation. Tillson, 60, of Gilbertsville, Ky., loves riding his dirt… Read More
Capt. Corey Moorer has always been interested in spending time on the water. As a youth, he fished, went shrimping with his dad, water skied and even had… Read More
More than 50 years after he first served as an 18-year-old deckhand on board the steamer Delta Queen, Capt. Alan Bernstein still loves the river just as much. Read More
No one was injured when a floating restaurant broke away from its moorings along the Ohio River on February 3 and was swept more than a half mile downstream. Read More
Sustainable dredging in rivers is the focus of a new paper published in the January 2024 issue of the Western Dredging Association’s (WEDA) Journal of Dredging. Titled “Sustainable… Read More
No one was injured in an engineroom fire January 30 aboard the mv. Johnny M, just south of Kentucky Lock. The Marshall County (Ky.) Rescue Squad was paged… Read More
Two barges broke away from a tow about 7:50 a.m. January 29, with one becoming pinned against the upper gates at Markland Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile… Read More
Ingram Barge Company received the Business of the Year Award January 26 during the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s 85th Annual Dinner and Business Celebration. John Roberts, Ingram’s… Read More
A collaboration between the Louisville Engineer District and the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Regional Rivers Repair Fleet (R3F) resulted in greatly accelerated miter gate repairs at… Read More
