Shelley Byrne, Author at The Waterways Journal

SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website

January 22, 2021

As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the retirement of Doug… Read More

Kentucky Water Transportation Advisory Board Reviews Projects Funded Over Past Year

January 18, 2021

The Kentucky Water Transportation Advisory Board has approved funding a guardrail project at the Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority following additional funding being made available by the state. In… Read More

Father, Son Bring Legacy Of Service To Work At Ensley Yard Ensley Engineer Yard Shops Unit Chief Marvin Roddy, right, and his son, Pumping Plant Project Manager Marsalis Roddy, spend time together outside of work and at work at Marvin’s soybean farm. They also both work for the Memphis Engineer District at the Ensley Engineer Yard. (Photo courtesy of the Roddy family and the Ensley Engineer Yard)

Ensley Engineer Yard Shops Unit Chief Marvin Roddy, right, and his son, Pumping Plant Project Manager Marsalis Roddy, spend time together outside of work and at work at Marvin’s soybean farm. They also both work for the Memphis Engineer District at the Ensley Engineer Yard. (Photo courtesy of the Roddy family and the Ensley Engineer Yard)

Father, Son Bring Legacy Of Service To Work At Ensley Yard

January 18, 2021

A father-son team are showing their values – supporting their family, faith and country – while both working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis,… Read More

Paducah River Museum Gets Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” chronicles the evolving rural landscape of the country. The exhibit is a traveling exhibit curated by the Smithsonian Institution and is currently visiting the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky. (Photo courtesy of River Discovery Center)

“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” chronicles the evolving rural landscape of the country. The exhibit is a traveling exhibit curated by the Smithsonian Institution and is currently visiting the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky. (Photo courtesy of River Discovery Center)

Paducah River Museum Gets Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit

January 18, 2021

A traveling exhibit from the prestigious Smithsonian Institution is spending the next few weeks at the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky. Titled “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” the exhibit… Read More

Brent Spence Bridge Reopens Six Weeks After Fiery Crash

January 15, 2021

A major bridge over the Ohio River in the Cincinnati area reopened on time and under budget after six weeks of emergency repairs. The Brent Spence Bridge, which carries interstates… Read More

Illinois, Michigan Sign Carp Barrier Funding Agreement

January 15, 2021

The governors of Illinois and Michigan have agreed to work jointly to move forward with installing technology at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois River to help prevent… Read More

Ohio River Historian Charles ‘Chuck’ Parrish Remembered

January 12, 2021

The Louisville Engineer District and surrounding community lost a wealth of river knowledge with the passing of Charles “Chuck” Parrish, 78, on December 21. Parrish was a retired historian with… Read More

100th Transportation Research Board Conference Moves Online

January 8, 2021

A comprehensive meeting for transportation officials representing all modes is having its 100th annual meeting in a virtual format this month. The Transportation Research Board’s committee meetings are taking place… Read More

O.H. Ingram Whiskey Is Aged In Barge Rickhouse O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey is aged in charred oak barrels within a floating rickhouse housed in a barge just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. (Photo courtesy of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey)

O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey is aged in charred oak barrels within a floating rickhouse housed in a barge just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. (Photo courtesy of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey)

O.H. Ingram Whiskey Is Aged In Barge Rickhouse

January 8, 2021

Whiskey aged in a floating rickhouse on the Mississippi River and with a towboat prominently featured on its label has hit the shelves, with a bourbon to follow later this… Read More

Crew Uninjured After Boat Sinks Near Olmsted

December 31, 2020

Three crew members escaped injury when the mv. Betsy Wepfer sank December 27 just upstream from Olmsted Locks and Dam. The Coast Guard was notified at 8:38 p.m. Central time… Read More

Author: Shelley Byrne