While 2020 and the fear of COVID-19 brought, for a time, the unforgettable sight of empty streetcars rumbling down the streets of New Orleans, the year ended on a high… Read More
Ferries
News on passenger and vehicle ferries that operate on the inland waterways.
A 203-year-old ferry business is booming after a wreck disabled a major bridge in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. “It’s probably the busiest we’ve ever been at one stretch,” said Paul… Read More
After a year and a half of inactivity, the Ohio River ferry between Sistersville, W.Va., and Fly, Ohio, resumed operations July 2. The ferry at about Mile 138 hadn’t run… Read More
Swiss-based industrial firm ABB announced June 4 that it has been selected by Vigor Fab LLC as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to… Read More
Floodwaters on the Ohio River dropped enough so a ferry connecting Kentucky and Illinois has been able to resume service. The Cave-in-Rock Ferry reopened at 6 a.m. April 1. It… Read More
Two western Kentucky ferry services have reopened as high water has receded. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry crossing the Mississippi River between Hickman, Ky., and Dorena, Mo., reopened at 3:30 p.m. March… Read More
Residents of New Orleans—in particular the city’s Algiers neighborhood on the west bank of the Mississippi River—finally have regular ferry service once again between Algiers Point and the foot of… Read More
The Dorena-Hickman Ferry, running between Dorena, Mo., and Hickman, Ky., resumed operations November 16 after replacing its rudder, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced. Tammy Hutchinson, executive director of the ferry,… Read More
Tied up on the Lower Mississippi River just below New Orleans, La., are two brand new, never-in-service passenger ferries planned to transport residents and tourists in the Big Easy between… Read More
Twenty-two miles off the coast of southern California lies Catalina Island. It has been a stop for smugglers, gold miners, pirates, hunters, the Union army and missionaries, and was a… Read More
