Shelley Byrne, Author at The Waterways Journal

Seamen’s Church Institute Adapts To Continue Ministries

In a pastoral response adapted to the realities of the global pandemic, Senior River Chaplain Kempton Baldridge transfers two parcels to Brandon Land, supervisor at Ingram Barge Company‘s warehouse in Paducah, Ky., for further delivery to an Ingram towboat crew on the Lower Mississippi River. With all vessel visits curtailed, chaplains must communicate their care and concern for crews by different means. Thus, after learning of a crewmember’s death earlier in the day, Chaplain Baldridge packed up the flag of the U.S. Merchant Marine to fly in the mariner’s memory and a large morale box loaded with books, DVDs, dental kits, snacks and prayer books for his shipmates, ever mindful to observe “social distancing” protocols. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Seamen’s Church Institute Adapts To Continue Ministries

April 11, 2020

Note: This is a revised and expanded version of a story that was previously posted on Waterwaysjournal.net. This version also appears in the April 13, 2020, print edition. Read More

IRPT To Host Free Webinars

April 10, 2020

Citing the value to its members and annual conference participants, Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT) is offering its conference content in the form of three webinars April… Read More

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat

April 10, 2020

The Louisville Engineer District is looking for a home for a historic, steam-powered maneuvering boat. LD 559 was put in service in 1938 as a maneuvering boat at… Read More

Corps Begins Design Work For New Drydock The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to replace one of these 400-ton dry docks at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tenn., with a new, 1,600-to 2,000-ton dry dock. Construction is expected to be complete by February 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Memphis Engineer District)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to replace one of these 400-ton dry docks at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis, Tenn., with a new, 1,600-to 2,000-ton dry dock. Construction is expected to be complete by February 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Memphis Engineer District)

Corps Begins Design Work For New Drydock

April 10, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun plans for a new drydock to inspect and repair Corps and Coast Guard vessels. Bristol Harbor Group Inc. of… Read More

Breakaway Barges Damage House On Tennessee River The U.S. Coast Guard said a house on Arnold Drive in Savannah, Tenn., received significant damage after 14 empty barges broke away from the mv. Roger L. Knight, which had been chartered by Inland Marine Service. (Photo by R. Kelly Jordan, The Courier)

The U.S. Coast Guard said a house on Arnold Drive in Savannah, Tenn., received significant damage after 14 empty barges broke away from the mv. Roger L. Knight, which had been chartered by Inland Marine Service. (Photo by R. Kelly Jordan, The Courier)

Breakaway Barges Damage House On Tennessee River

April 3, 2020

The Coast Guard is investigating after 14 barges broke loose from a towing vessel and hit a house along the Tennessee River near Savannah, Tenn., causing significant damage. Read More

Seamen’s Church Institute Continues Ministries

March 27, 2020

The Seamen’s Church Institute has reassured supporters in an emailed bulletin and website message about its ministries’ continued operation as the world responds to the coronavirus pandemic. SCI has four… Read More

Ferries Close Again Due To Floodwaters The Cave-In-Rock Ferry crosses the Ohio River at Mile 881.0.

Ferries Close Again Due To Floodwaters

March 27, 2020

The Dorena-Hickman Ferry crossing the Mississippi River closed at 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, due to floodwaters once again covering the Kentucky landing. The ferry connects Ky. 1354 near Hickman,… Read More

Olmsted Project Wins Major Engineering Award The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

Olmsted Project Wins Major Engineering Award

March 23, 2020

The Olmsted Locks and Dam project has received a national award as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ top 10 outstanding engineering projects. Officials representing the… Read More

Old Lockmaster Homes Available For Vacation Rentals The four lockmaster houses at the former Lock and Dam 51 in Golconda, Ill., are 90 years old but getting a new life as short-term rentals on the website Airbnb.com. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The four lockmaster houses at the former Lock and Dam 51 in Golconda, Ill., are 90 years old but getting a new life as short-term rentals on the website Airbnb.com. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Old Lockmaster Homes Available For Vacation Rentals

March 23, 2020

Ninety years after being built as homes for the men who maintained Ohio River Lock and Dam 51, four houses have a new purpose. The four lockmaster houses… Read More

Coronavirus Delays Chinese Investors’ Visit To Kentucky Fisheries Park

March 21, 2020

The spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in China is not having an effect on Kentucky’s exports of Asian carp, but it is preventing Chinese investors from… Read More

Author: Shelley Byrne