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Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat

April 10, 2020

The Louisville Engineer District is looking for a home for a historic, steam-powered maneuvering boat. LD 559 was put in service in 1938 as a maneuvering boat at Lock 52,… Read More

Arlen “Benny” Cenac’s Main Iron Works Unveil Tier-IV Compliant Tractor Tug for Bisso Shipbuilders and engineers are hard at work at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron Works on the new Bisso Towboat Inc. creation: a new 100′, 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug.

Shipbuilders and engineers are hard at work at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron Works on the new Bisso Towboat Inc. creation: a new 100′, 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug.

Arlen “Benny” Cenac’s Main Iron Works Unveil Tier-IV Compliant Tractor Tug for Bisso

April 3, 2020

Note: The following is sponsored content provided by Main Iron Works. The September sun was beaming through the skies while the shipbuilders and engineers at the Cenac-owned, Houma-based Main Iron… Read More

Old Lockmaster Homes Available For Vacation Rentals The four lockmaster houses at the former Lock and Dam 51 in Golconda, Ill., are 90 years old but getting a new life as short-term rentals on the website Airbnb.com. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The four lockmaster houses at the former Lock and Dam 51 in Golconda, Ill., are 90 years old but getting a new life as short-term rentals on the website Airbnb.com. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Old Lockmaster Homes Available For Vacation Rentals

March 23, 2020

Ninety years after being built as homes for the men who maintained Ohio River Lock and Dam 51, four houses have a new purpose. The four lockmaster houses in Golconda,… Read More

Industry Leaders Share Success Stories From ‘Who Works The Rivers’ Brian Karl (left), mechanic for Crescent Towing in New Orleans, speaks to high school students touring the company’s west bank headquarters during a recent Who Works the Rivers event. Andrew Cooper, executive vice president of Crescent Towing, served as tour guide for the students. (Photo courtesy of Crescent Towing)

Brian Karl (left), mechanic for Crescent Towing in New Orleans, speaks to high school students touring the company’s west bank headquarters during a recent Who Works the Rivers event. Andrew Cooper, executive vice president of Crescent Towing, served as tour guide for the students. (Photo courtesy of Crescent Towing)

Industry Leaders Share Success Stories From ‘Who Works The Rivers’

March 6, 2020

RiverWorks Discovery, the educational outreach program of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, has been sponsoring its popular Who Works the Rivers marine industry career discovery… Read More

West Kentucky WIMOs Celebrates First Anniversary Women from the West Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations practice throwing line on the Ingram Barge Company training pad as part of one of the chapter’s educational events. (photo courtesy of West Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations)

Women from the West Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations practice throwing line on the Ingram Barge Company training pad as part of one of the chapter’s educational events. (photo courtesy of West Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations)

West Kentucky WIMOs Celebrates First Anniversary

March 6, 2020

The ladies who make up West Kentucky’s chapter of Women in Maritime Operations have done a lot in the last year. As the chapter celebrates its first anniversary this month,… Read More

Corps Partners With NOLA Industry For Safety Training Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gather for a group photo alongside Chalmette Slip, part of Associated Terminals’ Arabi, La., base of operations as part of the January 30 floating plant safety course. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gather for a group photo alongside Chalmette Slip, part of Associated Terminals’ Arabi, La., base of operations as part of the January 30 floating plant safety course. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps Partners With NOLA Industry For Safety Training

February 24, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville, Ala.-based Learning Center hosted a floating plant safety course in New Orleans, La., January 30. The Corps (USACE) holds two floating plant safety… Read More

Forthcoming Video Series Profiles River Captains

February 24, 2020

Capt. Larry Barnes and his son were watching a television show about retired professional basketball players when he had an idea. Why not make a television show where retired river… Read More

SCI Chaplain Organizes Memorial Service, Plaque For WWII Hero The Rev. Kempton Baldridge, Seamen’s Church Institute senior river chaplain, reads from scripture during the memorial service. (Photo courtesy of Loe family)

The Rev. Kempton Baldridge, Seamen’s Church Institute senior river chaplain, reads from scripture during the memorial service. (Photo courtesy of Loe family)

SCI Chaplain Organizes Memorial Service, Plaque For WWII Hero

February 24, 2020

With a complete disregard for his own personal safety, Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Harry James Loe Jr. kept firing at an oncoming Japanese kamikaze plane, saving his ship and losing… Read More

Saluting The Captains Who Keep The Cargo Moving

February 21, 2020

Each February in The Waterways Journal, we take the opportunity to feature a few of the captains who helm towboats and tugs on the rivers. From harbor boats to line-haul… Read More

Capt. Bo Tucker, Crescent Towing Capt. Bo Tucker.

Capt. Bo Tucker, Crescent Towing

February 21, 2020

Capt. Bo Tucker has worked aboard tugs—primarily in Mobile, Ala.—for the better part of 30 years. Tucker said he actually started out in construction, but he had some uncles and… Read More