In an email to employees July 15, American Commercial Barge Line President and CEO Mark Knoy announced he would retire from the company and the industry by the end… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The influenza pandemic of 1918–20 was the most devastating in human history, killing anywhere between 25 million and 50 million people worldwide. It began in the closing years of… Read More
Waterways Council Inc.’s board of directors has unanimously elected Tracy Zea as the organization’s new president and CEO. He immediately assumed his new duties effective July 8. Tracy… Read More
The Mississippi River in New Orleans just wrapped up close to six months above 11 feet at the Carrollton Gage, the trigger point for Phase 1 flood fight operations… Read More
Capt. Otis Leroy Blasingim Jr., 66, a longtime harbor pilot in the Hartford/Wood River, Ill., area, died July 2 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Read More
Cruise and tour operator Viking announced July 2 that new 2023 sailings of its Mississippi River cruises are now on sale. The company’s first custom vessel, Viking Mississippi, will… Read More
The overhead canopy of a stage previously used at a Chattanooga, Tenn., music festival brushed the underside of the Interstate 24 bridge over Nickajack Lake, an impoundment of the… Read More
The Coast Guard’s Regional Examination Centers and Monitoring Units were closed to the public due to the COVID-19 crisis on March 19. On July 8, the Coast Guard announced… Read More
For the third year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders will be honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their… Read More
The long-anticipated closures of six of the aging locks and dams on the Illinois River began July 1 and so far, at least, have gone smoothly, according to those… Read More
