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Author: Shelley Byrne

Mid-Ohio Valley Statistical Port District Gains Preliminary Approval The Mid-Ohio Valley Port District is a proposed new statistical port comprising nearly 220 miles of the Ohio River between the Huntington Tri-State Port District and the Port of Pittsburgh. It recently received preliminary approval. (Graphic by W.R. Coles & Associates)

Mid-Ohio Valley Statistical Port District Gains Preliminary Approval

April 16, 2021

A new statistical port district that could become the largest inland port in the United States by freight tonnage has received preliminary approval but awaits a final review. Read More

Paducah, Ky., Doctor Named To Mariner Medical Advisory Committee 

April 12, 2021

A Paducah, Ky., doctor who founded an occupational and corporate medicine practice whose clients include members of the inland navigation community has been appointed to the National Merchant Mariner… Read More

Marquette Crew Receives CG Award For Multiple Rescues The Coast Guard has honored the crew of the mv. Mary Kay Eckstein with a public service award certificate of appreciation in connection with three separate rescues. Pictured (left to right) are Thomas Cottrell, mate; Colby Mitchell, senior mate; Gary Frayser, senior port captain; David Helton, high captain; and Chris Myskowski, Marquette Transportation’s senior vice president of operations, river division. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Transportation)

Marquette Crew Receives CG Award For Multiple Rescues

April 9, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard has presented a public service award certificate of appreciation to the crew of Marquette Transportation’s mv. Mary Kay Eckstein in connection to its response to… Read More

Contractor Completes Cofferdam For Kentucky Lock Addition A Johnson Brothers Construction crew performs spot welds March 22, 2021, on a steel sheet pile on the completed cofferdam at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Ky. The Nashville Engineer District is constructing a new 110- by 1,200-foot navigation lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (Photo by Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

Contractor Completes Cofferdam For Kentucky Lock Addition

April 5, 2021

Crews have completed the cofferdam at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, a milestone in preparing for downstream excavation work that will include construction of the remaining portion of the… Read More

Conference Points Kentucky Ports Toward Future Needs

April 5, 2021

The second freight conference geared toward Kentucky’s public riverports included a focus on their emerging markets and how to take advantage of potential economic development opportunities. The Kentucky… Read More

LeveeLock Trenching Technology Designed To Be Cheaper, Greener, Safer

April 5, 2021

Gerald DeNeal compares excavating a trench with the LeveeLock system compared with traditional equipment as akin to a surgeon with more advanced technology at his hands. “Our concept… Read More

Work Plan Funding Kick Starts Upper Ohio Project The Corps of Engineers’ heavy lift derrick boat lifts one leaf of the downstream main chamber miter gate for repairs in 2018 at Dashields Lock and Dam on the Ohio River. Auxiliary chambers at Dashields, Montgomery and Emsworth locks and dams will be replaced as part of the Upper Ohio River Navigation Project. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Work Plan Funding Kick Starts Upper Ohio Project

April 2, 2021

With a $22 million boost for pre-engineering, planning and the beginning of construction, a long-awaited Ohio River infrastructure project is moving forward more rapidly. The Upper Ohio Navigation… Read More

Second Kentucky Freight Summit Delves Into Economic Strategies

March 26, 2021

The Kentucky Summit on Economic Development Strategies to Leverage Kentucky Riverports and Freight Network, hosted online by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet March 24-26, is the second of three conferences… Read More

Corps Announces Intermittent Lock Closures

March 24, 2021

The Corps of Engineers has announced intermittent lock closures at Barkley, Cheatham and Chickamauga dams. Barkley Barkley Lock, at Cumberland River Mile 30.6 in Grand Rivers, Ky.,… Read More

JMS Naval Architects Offers Variety Of Services JMS Naval Architects has designed several drydocks that are now in service.

JMS Naval Architects Offers Variety Of Services

March 24, 2021

Although its staff of 10 naval architects and marine engineers may be small, JMS Naval Architects has projects with a worldwide reach. JMS is based in Mystic, Conn.,… Read More

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