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… 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.
Click on the slideshow below for a look at some of our favorite pictures from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2023. Read More
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… Read More
By Abby Korfhage Louisville Engineer District The Louisville Engineer District works in partnership with The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, also known… Read More
Living Lands & Waters’ new educational barge has a history that goes back nearly a century. The classroom, dubbed the Mississippi River Institute, is the shell of a… Read More
If you haven’t had the opportunity to take a trip aboard the Delta Queen, reading Dennis Brown’s “Voices on the River: 22 Days on the Delta Queen” is… Read More
When you have a sweet tooth, I am sure one of these pies can cure the crave. I have also included three options for those who may be… Read More
Roughly 180 juniors and seniors from six area high schools participated in RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers on September 13 in Paducah, Ky. Students rotated among stations… Read More
Gryffin Luenebrink, 6, of Bicknell, Ind., gets a boost from his cousin Skyler McAllum, an ARTCo fleetmate in Mount Vernon, Ind., so that he can blow the whistle of… Read More
Located on Louisiana’s north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Northshore Technical Community College (NTCC) offers a Maritime Technology program that is designed to “provide students with foundational skills and… Read More
