John Driscoll, director and CEO of the Alabama Port Authority, has been appointed to serve a three-year term as a director on the New Orleans branch of the Federal… Read More
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Viterra Limited, the crop-trading business spun out from Glencore, the world’s largest commodities broker, announced January 24 that it has agreed to acquire the grain-trading business of Gavilon, which… Read More
Again, many thanks to Keith Norrington for the Old Boat Column in general and for the column in the January 24, 2022, WJ. Keith continues to delight… Read More
Richard “Dick” Dunbar, 84, who created the website Dick’s Towboat Gallery to share photographs of towboats, died January 20. He began the site as a hobby to… Read More
“Billy” Roy Baker, 73, of Clifton, Tenn., died in an automobile accident January 2 in Savannah, Tenn. He worked for American Commercial Barge Line for 38 years and was… Read More
Port Houston reported January 25 that it shattered records and concluded 2021 on a dynamic note of growth with total cargo tonnage reaching nearly 52 million tons. Previously,… Read More
Southern Illinois Transfer Company, Sparta, Ill., has announced that the retractable-pilothouse towboat under construction at its Kaskaskia Shipyard will be powered by two Mitsubishi diesel propulsion engines, supplied… Read More
Publications and politicians all over the country are touting the funds their regions have received from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). For this editorial, let’s focus… Read More
The Ports of Indiana handled more than 11.2 million tons of cargo in 2021, resulting in a 33.6 percent increase from 2020. The past five years’ shipments (2017-2021), including… Read More
On January 27, Kirby Corporation announced net earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021 of $11 million or $0.18 per share, down from $22.2 million or $0.37 per share… Read More
