Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) is building on its mission of educating, engaging and elevating women through its new mentorship program. Twenty-six mentors have volunteered their time to assist women… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
While many of those with careers on the river follow the path of a father or grandfather, Larry Walker’s source of inspiration for years has been two women: his… Read More
Scates Group Intermodal (SGI) has taken over operation of a private terminal on the Lower Mississippi River in Helena, Ark. SGI took over operation of the former Griffin… Read More
McCracken County, Ky., and its economic development partners have applied for a $3.5 million federal grant that would allow the development of a new public riverport on wooded property… Read More
The U.S. Maritime Administration has announced a notice of funding opportunity for more than $12 million in marine highway grant funds and noted changes to program, including a renaming. Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County (Ky.) Riverport Authority has its first new customer for its general cargo facility in years with PRCO America Inc., which has begun moving raw materials for… Read More
After an extended dredging season prolonged by extreme low-water conditions in the fall and extending into the winter, dredging crews in the Memphis, Vicksburg and St. Louis engineer districts… Read More
The regional metropolitan planning agency for the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, and northern Kentucky area is looking for information from the river industry to complete its new regional freight plan. Read More
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… Read More
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,… Read More
