We recently featured an interview with Ed Weilbacher, who became executive director of the Kaskaskia River Port District after retiring from a previous job—and stayed on the job for 11… Read More
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John Francis “Fran” Mullen, pictured at a boat christening in 2013. Upper Ohio River aficionado and photographer John Francis “Fran” Mullen, 84, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died February 14, following a… Read More
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Waterways Operators (AWO) have announced the renewal of a Memorandum of Agreement that reaffirms a shared commitment between the chemical industry and… Read More
This issue features our ever-popular captains’ profiles, highlighting the rewards a life of hard work, cooperation and learning can bring on the rivers. Read More
Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Royal IHC, held a keel-laying ceremony January 22 at the shipyard’s Allanton, Fla., facility for… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, and Saltchuk Resources Inc., a privately owned family of diversified freight transportation, marine… Read More
Each February, the writers of The Waterways Journal sit down with some of the pilots and captains who play such a big role in keeping waterways commerce moving in this… Read More
Included in this issue of The Waterways Journal, as promised, is a story about a deepfake video that some of our readers may have already seen. This video and others… Read More
With President Donald Trump signing H.B. 7148 into law on February 3, Congress has officially appropriated $35 million for the Maritime Administration’s Small Shipyard Grant Program, quadrupling the program from… Read More
Gary T. Sacks Gary T. Sacks, born in Harford, Conn., and raised in St. Louis, died January 29. He was 84. Sack graduated from Ladue High School in St. Louis… Read More
