The National WWII Museum broke ground March 28 on what museum officials believe will become an iconic landmark, not only for the museum’s campus, but also for the entire… 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.
Capt. Dusty Otero, Mario Muñoz and Capt. Rusty Otero. The 8th Annual Glenn Otero Golf Tournament benefitting Children’s Hospital-New Orleans was held on March 21. The first tournament… Read More
The Port of Pittsburgh, spanning 12 counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, encompasses nearly 200 miles of commercially navigable waterways—including three major rivers. The Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers are made navigable… Read More
Detail of Corps of Engineers survey map “Belle Isle, La.” in 1941 shows north and south navigation channels west of the spillway. Spring has arrived—that special time of… Read More
Clayton Harris III, executive director of the Illinois International Port District, pictured here with graduates of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s RENEW program, said the Port of Chicago’s newly… Read More
For shipbuilders, everything in the life of a project, from cutting the first steel and laying the keel to launching the vessel and delivering it to the client, would… Read More
Zeland David Deloach—best known as Z. Dave—is a longtime, well-known leader and representative of the maritime industry. Whether at a meeting of the American Waterways Operators in Washington, D.C.,… Read More
When we think of valiant fighting vessels, a humble 500-foot-long drydock might not come to mind. But for almost a hundred years, the U.S. Navy had just that, a… Read More
Ozinga celebrated its 90th anniversary as a family-owned and -operated business March 2. Over the years, the company has grown from a single horse-and-buggy operation in Evergreen Park, Ill., into… Read More
The mv. Morgan, outbound at 92nd Street. (photo courtesy of Kindra Lake Towing) It’s not often that two people bond over a fascination with barges. It’s even rarer that they… Read More
