Shelley Byrne, Author at The Waterways Journal

Riverfront Park Designed To ‘Lean In’ To Climate Change

A map shows Origin Park’s location in relation to the Indiana cities of Clarksville, New Albany and Jeffersonville as well as Louisville, Ky., across the Ohio River. The proposed 600-acre park, designed by its developers to be climate resilient, would stretch along the north riverbank near the Falls of the Ohio and the Big Four pedestrian bridge and wrap around portions of the Ohio River Greenway. (Map courtesy of the River Heritage Conservancy)

Riverfront Park Designed To ‘Lean In’ To Climate Change

September 21, 2020

A riverfront park planned for southern Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., is being designed as “climate resilient.” The River Heritage Conservancy is developing the proposed 600-acre… Read More

Maritime Nonprofits Partner To Bring WWII Ship To Ohio River P-520, a World War II Crash Rescue Boat, is headed to the Ohio River. The boat is aboard the mv. St. Georg, a yacht carrier, for trans-shipment through the Panama Canal. (Photo courtesy of Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation)

P-520, a World War II Crash Rescue Boat, is headed to the Ohio River. The boat is aboard the mv. St. Georg, a yacht carrier, for trans-shipment through the Panama Canal. (Photo courtesy of Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation)

Maritime Nonprofits Partner To Bring WWII Ship To Ohio River

September 21, 2020

America’s last PT boat, PTF-26, won’t be operating on the Ohio River this fall, but a partnership between the Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation Ltd., which owns it, and a nonprofit… Read More

BUILD Grant Funding Includes Awards Along Inland Waterways

September 21, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $1 billion in infrastructure improvements September 16 through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. Funding has been awarded… Read More

Agreements Position Cairo Port As Potential Container Shipping Hub

September 18, 2020

Agreements announced September 15 could position a new port being developed in Cairo, Ill., as a national logistics and distribution hub for container shipping using state-of-the-art vessels running on liquefied… Read More

Kentucky Provides Grants To River Ports

September 11, 2020

Five public Kentucky riverports have received $450,000 in state funds for critical repairs and equipment replacement, Gov. Andy Beshear’s office announced September 8. The Kentucky Riverport Improvement grants are to… Read More

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project

September 4, 2020

Four western Kentucky counties have joined forces with hopes to build a riverport just south of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of their economic revitalization… Read More

Repair Fleet Chief Awarded Meritorious Civilian Service Medal

Brady Beckman was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal at the recent Senior Leaders Conference. Pictured from left to right: Stephen Durrett, regional programs director; Col. Jason Evers, Huntington District Engineer; Brady Beckman, chief, Regional Rivers Repair Fleet; Mike Keathley, deputy district engineer, Huntington Engineer District; Maj. Gen. Richard Whittle, commanding general, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division; and Joseph Savage, regional business director. (photo courtesy of Huntington Engineer District)

Repair Fleet Chief Awarded Meritorious Civilian Service Medal

August 28, 2020

Brady Beckman, chief of the Regional Rivers Repair Fleet (R3F) of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division, has been awarded the second highest award for individual achievement that… Read More

Engineer Profile: Zach Burkhart Zach Burkhart, Ingram Barge Company.

Engineer Profile: Zach Burkhart

August 25, 2020

Zach Burkhart is following in his family’s footsteps. Like his grandfather, Burkhart, 28, of Dover, Tenn., is an engineer. But those aren’t the only footsteps he follows. Four other members… Read More

Engineer Profile: Bryan Lackey Bryan Lackey, Marquette Transportation.

Engineer Profile: Bryan Lackey

August 25, 2020

Once a land-based mechanic, Bryan Lackey was looking for a different kind of career. Lackey, 51, of Ursa, Ill., used to work on automotive and heavy equipment, but the work… Read More

TIMCO Introduces Touchless, Automated Temperature Scanner The Temperature Entry Access System (T.E.A.S.) by TIMCO Industries is an automated, touchless, infrared temperature scanner designed to limit entry or access to those people whose temperature is within a company’s specified range. (Photo courtesy of TIMCO Industries)

The Temperature Entry Access System (T.E.A.S.) by TIMCO Industries is an automated, touchless, infrared temperature scanner designed to limit entry or access to those people whose temperature is within a company’s specified range. (Photo courtesy of TIMCO Industries)

TIMCO Introduces Touchless, Automated Temperature Scanner

August 21, 2020

TIMCO Industries’ new Temperature Entry Access System (T.E.A.S.) allows automated, touchless temperature taking with applications for the marine industry and beyond. Claire Otter, vice president of TIMCO, based in New… Read More

Author: Shelley Byrne