The Coast Guard issued an interim rule September 1 as the first step to implement the statutorily-mandated requirements for DUKW amphibious passenger vessels (informally known as duck boats). This… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Donna Kay Griffen York, 81, of Paducah, Ky., a longtime employee of Crounse Corporation, died September 7 at Clinton Place in Clinton, Ky. She retired from Crounse after 35… Read More
A state grant announced in July will help the Henderson County Riverport Authority to replace and upgrade its dry fertilizer scale. Announced in July, the Kentucky Riverport Improvement… Read More
By James A. Kearns III Jones Walker LP As previously reported by The Waterways Journal, the Capital Construction Fund (CCF) program of the Maritime Administration… Read More
Consolidated Grain & Barge Company (CGB) has announced that it has acquired JB Shipyards in St. Louis, Mo. Renamed CGB St. Louis Shipyard, the facility will employ 35… Read More
Steiner Construction Company, Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently completed a second 88- by 34-foot, 2,600 hp. towboat for Evansville (Ind.) Marine Service Inc. Built on a design… Read More
This issue features a story about the latest round of port security grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is just one of several federal agencies that make… Read More
Work began September 5 to replace the Mississippi River bridge connecting Iowa Highway 9 in Lansing, Iowa, to Wisconsin Highway 82 in rural Crawford County, Wis. A new bridge… Read More
Seamen’s Church Institute will host SafeTALK suicide prevention training October 26 at its Center for Maritime Education in Paducah, Ky. Training will take place from 8 a.m. to… Read More
Rainfall in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was above normal for the month of August, resulting in above-average runoff; however, due to drier-than-normal conditions in previous… Read More
