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
Author: Shelley Byrne
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
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… 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… 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,… Read More
