President Joe Biden has nominated Rear Adm. Ann Phillips to be the next administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration. Phillips served 31 years in the U.S. Navy and currently serves… Read More
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Recent inland waterways industry news, covering the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Missouri River, Tennessee River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and more. Articles on economic, environmental and logistic advantages of barge shipping, plus other stories pertaining to locks and dams and other waterway infrastructure.
The Tennessee River Valley Association/Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council’s annual conference returned to an in-person meeting format October 11-12 at the Embassy Suites Hotel at Cool Springs in Franklin, Tenn. Read More
Washington, D.C.—Funding increases for programs important to maritime transportation were among those highlighted by Democrats as the nine remaining Senate appropriations bills for fiscal year 2022 were unveiled. Read More
Capt. Ralph Morley “Tinker” Carson, 86, of Amherst, Va., died September 21 in Lynchburg, Va. He worked for Union Mechling and served as the original master on the 10,500… Read More
Capt. Silver Capt. Stanley Walter Silver, 80, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., died in his home with family on September 6 after a period of illness. Silver retired… Read More
Capt. Fraser Capt. Archibald Finley Fraser Jr., 71, died August 31. He worked on the rivers for 47 years, starting at Helena, Ark., in 1974. He spent… Read More
Reinhardt Monica Reinhardt has been named chief financial officer of Inland Marine Service (IMS), Hebron, Ky. She joined IMS in 2017 as the controller of the accounting team. Read More
The American Equity Underwriters Inc. (AEU), the leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance for waterfront employers, has announced winners of the 2020 AEU Safety Awards. Read More
In March, hunting and conservation group Ducks Unlimited (DU) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), made up of the mayors of… Read More
Ian-Conrad Bergan LLC, Pensacola, Fla., has announced a rebranding, new leadership and a new direction. Now called Bergan Marine Systems under new president and CEO Kyle Durden, the… Read More
