Jim Beam Brands Company must pay $600,000 in fines and reimburse the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet $112,000 within 30 days as the result of a July bourbon warehouse fire… Read More
Features
Stories on some of the unique and colorful people who populate the barge industry. Human-interest articles on companies and individuals who make a difference in people’s lives, all while keeping the boats and barges moving.
On the last day of 2019, a special task force in Missouri released its interim report on recommendations for recovering from the floods of 2019 and strengthening the state’s levees… Read More
Chad Chrisco, Memphis Engineer District Physical Support Branch marine facilities specialist, was recently awarded the Director of Army Safety Risk Management Safety Award for his efforts during Ensley Engineer Yard… Read More
“Steamboat a-coming!” The call echoed through Mr. Martin’s theater classroom at the upper campus of Lusher Charter School in New Orleans, La. Matt Hahne, vice president of USI Insurance Services,… Read More
A new program to teach jail inmates the basics of becoming a towboat deckhand is expected to begin within a few weeks at the McCracken County Regional Jail in Paducah,… Read More
Easy to laugh, Jim “Goat” Patterson is known for hearty outbursts that can spill over into the next room or fill a convention center, as one might expect from a… Read More
Seamen’s Church Institute’s 20th Annual River Bell Awards Luncheon celebrated the year of the mariner, with remarks from two captains highlighting the speeches. Nearly 500 people attended the luncheon and… Read More
See the slideshow below for some of our favorite pictures from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2019. (Also, check out our Annual Review of Waterway Events.) …… Read More
The two top stories of 2019 were both carry-overs from 2018. A cascading series of devastating spring floods affected every river system. Dozens of flood records were set or broken,… Read More
The last of the Vietnam War-era fast patrol boats is seeking a new home in Paducah, Kentucky, for use training chaplains and sea scouts. Seamen’s Church Institute senior river chaplain… Read More
