Still without a project partnership agreement, funding for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project is in danger of lapsing. The project, on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill., includes a… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
After delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic pressures that followed it, the International Fisheries Park in Wickliffe, Ky., broke ground earlier this month on one of several… Read More
Dan Mecklenborg of Ingram Barge Company and Tim Parker of Parker Towing were honored with the Achievement Awards from The National Rivers Hall of Fame last month in Paducah, Ky. Read More
Kentucky officials released the final version of the state’s updated long-range, multi-modal transportation plan January 10. The 132-page policy plan, which the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said was shaped by both… Read More
The scheduled 120-day closure of the Illinois Waterway later this year will start a month earlier than a similar closure in 2020 and is less extensive, while still critical for… Read More
Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) has organized its latest chapter in the Coastal Bend area of Texas. “The Coastal Bend chapter hosted its first luncheon in October 2022, and we… Read More
A portion of the Water Development and Resources Act (WRDA) of 2022 will help a western Kentucky riverport expand by adding additional water frontage. The Eddyville (Ky.) Riverport and Industrial… Read More
The federal government will pay $1.6 billion for a new bridge crossing the Ohio River between northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, and the president visited the site January 4 to… Read More
For the 22nd year, Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) welcomed members of the inland river transportation community for the River Bell Awards Luncheon. This year, the sold-out event was held immediately… Read More
The port authority that will own the former Ohio River Lock & Dam 52 property near Brookport, Ill., has been awarded money for a feasibility study once the property is… Read More
