The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has produced a new video highlighting the strong safety record of the barge industry. “Our industry has long been defined by its visionary safety leadership,… Read More
News
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.
Capt. Willam F. “Bill” Judd, prominent retired marine surveyor in the Cincinnati area, passed away March 9 at age 87. Beginning when he was a very young man, Judd would… Read More
Erston Reisch Jr. passed away on January 7 after a short illness. He was 83 years old. After serving in the Coast Guard as an engineman, Reisch attended Tulane University,… Read More
Juanita Cooper, 84, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., passed away March 7. In the mid-1970s she had worked as a cook aboard the Ranger, of Dravo Contracting Company, and also aboard… Read More
Mary Hammond, 68, executive director of the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau and a longtime advocate for the inland waterways in Paducah, died on March 3. She served the organization… Read More
• Joe Rella has been named president of St. Johns Shipbuilding, Palatka, Fla. Rella, who received his undergraduate degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, in Kings… Read More
No one was injured when 10 coal barges broke away from their towing vessel about 4 p.m. March 8 after locking through the McAlpine Locks and Dam, Ohio Mile 606.8. Read More
The first of this month, the U.S. Coast Guard began issuing a new merchant mariner credential (MMC). Gone is the passport-style booklet, fondly referred to as the “red book.” Mariners… Read More
Whichever way it goes—and it could go several ways—the push for renewable fuels is great news for America’s farmers. But what about barge interests? According to the most recent figures… Read More
For more than three quarters of a century, the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) has deployed in low-water months anywhere from Cairo, Ill., to Head of Passes near… Read More
