The Seamen’s Church Institute has canceled its 2020 River Bell Awards Luncheon due to the coronavirus pandemic, but plans a silent auction along with a direct appeal to supporters to… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
Repairs to the Louisville & Indiana Railroad drawbridge in Louisville, Ky., will force two closures of the Ohio River. The river will close at the bridge at… Read More
With more than 40 patents, ERL Commercial Marine takes pride in innovating and solving issues for customers. “It’s one of the things that sets us apart,” said Stephen… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
