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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.

Honoring A Life Of Service: TVIB Unveils The Mike Rushing Legacy Service Award

February 12, 2024

By Lauren Jeppson In today’s “influencer” society, it isn’t as common as it once was to find individuals who live their lives quietly serving others without seeking recognition for their… Read More

Capt. Alan Bernstein Honored By National Rivers Hall Of Fame Capt. Alan Bernstein of BB Riverboats received a 2023 Achievement Award from the National Rivers Hall of Fame on January 26 at the Passenger Vessel Association conference in Portland, Ore. Pictured are (left to right), Tommy Lange, Terri Bernstein, Alan Bernstein, Ben Bernstein and Wendy Scardino. (Photo courtesy of BB Riverboats)

Capt. Alan Bernstein Honored By National Rivers Hall Of Fame

February 9, 2024

More than 50 years after he first served as an 18-year-old deckhand on board the steamer Delta Queen, Capt. Alan Bernstein still loves the river just as much. Bernstein, who… Read More

Innovative Dredge Allows Port Of Morgan City To Thrive Components bound for Venture Global’s LNG export facility project on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, La., are loaded onto a barge in Morgan City, La. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Innovative Dredge Allows Port Of Morgan City To Thrive

February 2, 2024

What does refitting an offshore supply vessel (OSV) for space tourism, operating a sprawling scrapyard, loading components onto a barge bound for Venture Global’s forthcoming LNG export facility in Plaquemines… Read More

From Father To Son And Grandson, Three Generations Of Townsends Lead CT Marine Corning and Christian Townsend. (Photo courtesy of CT Marine)

From Father To Son And Grandson, Three Generations Of Townsends Lead CT Marine

January 26, 2024

Three generations of Townsend men are behind CT Marine, the company that has designed every towboat on the Mississippi River more powerful than 6,600 hp. since 1988. Capt. Corning Townsend… Read More

Book Review: ‘Peep Light’ Details A Career In The Wheelhouse

December 29, 2023

Ever since Mark Twain, rivers have had a deep connection with the literary life. Nothing can scaffold a novel or film plot like a river journey, as many classic novels… Read More

Riverview Boat Store Celebrates Anniversary, Adds Two Boats The mv. H. Michael Yuhas. (Photo by Mark Charles)

Riverview Boat Store Celebrates Anniversary, Adds Two Boats

December 21, 2023

Riverview Boat Store & Tug Service, a provider of groceries, supplies and tug assistance based at Mile 557 on the Upper Mississippi River in Bellevue, Iowa, celebrated its 25th anniversary… Read More

C&C Marine & Repair Decorates OSV For Annual Christmas Light Display C&C Marine & Repair’s Christmas light display. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

C&C Marine & Repair Decorates OSV For Annual Christmas Light Display

December 21, 2023

Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine and Repair is helping employees and neighbors alike get into the holiday spirit with the shipyard’s third annual Christmas light display. Extending along Engineers Road… Read More

SCI Celebrates 125 Years Of Christmas At Sea Program Volunteers at a Seamen’s Church Institute Christmas at Sea packing event in Baton Rouge, La. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

SCI Celebrates 125 Years Of Christmas At Sea Program

December 21, 2023

On a chilly December evening in Baton Rouge, La., around 20 people gathered in the fellowship hall of Ingleside United Methodist Church to pack hundreds of boxes with knitted hats,… Read More

Photo Highlights From 2023 A key component of the Corps’ Lower Monongahela Project, the new chamber at Charleroi Lock and Dam is nearly complete. This picture was taken in March; the chamber was scheduled to be filled with water in late May, with it being operational early in 2024. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Photo Highlights From 2023

December 15, 2023

Click on the slideshow below for a look at some of our favorite pictures from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2023…. This content is for 3 Month… Read More

2023: The Annual Review Of Waterways Events Dredges—like the St. Louis Engineer District’s dredge Potter, shown here—had a busy year. In January, they were still working to keep the waterways open following a historic low-water season the previous fall; then, as summer turned into fall, they were again pressed into service for another extreme drought in 2023. (Photo by Janet Meredith/St. Louis Engineer District)

2023: The Annual Review Of Waterways Events

December 15, 2023

The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels and… Read More

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