Waterways Council Inc.’s 19th annual Waterways Symposium will be held for the first time in Paducah, Ky., on December 7-8. Keynote speakers will address such topics as the recent midterm… 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.
Washington, D.C.—With enough seats decided, both parties chalked up victories in the midterm elections, with Democrats retaining narrow control in the Senate and Republicans flipping the House, again in what… Read More
John “Jack” Hynes, St. Louis, Mo., retired SCNO Barge Lines Inc. executive, died November 1 at home. He was 86. During his 40-year career in the river industry, he served… Read More
Frank Roth Jr., thought to be one of the longest serving employees of American River Transportation Company, died October 16 in St. Louis, Mo., at the age of 87. He… Read More
Argus Patterson “Pat” Williams Jr., 72, of Lonoke, Ark., died at his home on October 30 after a long battle with cancer. He began his life-long career centered around the… Read More
Hulen Dunkin, 72, of McCrory, Ark., died October 18 at his home. He worked for more than 40 years as a towboat chief engineer on the Mississippi River…. This… Read More
As part of a unique promotion, PTL Marine has been honoring towboat cooks along the inland waterways with a complimentary 8-inch chef’s knife as part of their order. The program,… Read More
Recent rain showers and the expectation of more as Hurricane Nicole moves inland are helping stabilize the depth of the Lower Mississippi River, but congestion remains a problem as closures… Read More
The White House announced November 4 that President Joe Biden has appointed former Milwaukee port director Adam Tindall-Schlicht as the next administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development… Read More
Project directors believe they have enough funding until early January to move forward with the Brandon Road Interbasin Project but might have to stop work after that without a signed… Read More
