First responders rescued six people from a towboat February 17 after it became stuck on a rock dike in the Lower Mississippi River near Columbus, Ky. Hickman County (Ky.) 911… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
For Capt. David Woodford, working on the river is in his blood. “My great grandpa was a pilot, and then my grandpa was a pilot,” said Woodford, 66, of Savannah,… Read More
Capt. Phillip “P.J.” Steely knows the exact date he went to work for what is now Southern Devall Towing. “September 8, 2006,” he said. “That’s when my life changed forever.”… Read More
Crews looking to manage daily tasks pertaining to safety, training and maintenance can do it all with the MobileOps application. The app is designed to make it easier to complete… Read More
A public-private partnership to revitalize a former coal-loading facility into one for offloading fertilizer is nearing construction. The $14.2 million project at Ohio River Mile 853 at Shawneetown, Ill., was… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District has received $1.5 million from the states of Illinois and Michigan to keep the Brandon Road Interbasin Project moving forward with engineering and design. The… Read More
The International Propeller Club’s Port of Paducah (Ky.) has taken the lead in seeking a resolution from the Kentucky legislature to support the Jones Act. House Concurrent Resolution 5 was… Read More
Specialty marine contractor J.F. Brennan Company Inc. is growing with the recent acquisition of the dredging and dewatering division of Infrastructure Alternatives Inc. (IAI). The purchase brings dewatering, water treatment… Read More
With many people focused in past months on the historic low-water conditions along the Lower Mississippi River, the west Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) held an educational… Read More
A public port project in Cairo, Ill., is facing delays and an uncertain future after contracts have expired, and no funding for it has been received in more than seven… Read More
