As the summer of 2025 has wound down, the refrain from the Turnpike Troubadours song “Long Hot Summer Day” comes to mind. For every day I’m workin’ on the Illinois… Read More
Horizons
At this year’s Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, hosted by The Waterways Journal, an attendee asked about surplus barges in the covered fleet. With barge demand in 2022 and 2023… Read More
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), spanning 1,058 river miles from Apalachee Bay, Fla., to Brownsville, Texas, is an all-star performer. From the Mississippi River at New Orleans, the GIWW extends… Read More
Ken Eriksen The Upper Mississippi River (UMR) extends 854 navigable river miles through the heart of the Corn Belt from Minneapolis past St. Louis to the mouth of… Read More
For the ninth consecutive year, commodities moving on the inland waterways were lower than the previous year. Barge volumes for 2023, as reported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
The number of barges being worked on the Mississippi River system, its connecting waterways and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway during 2024 totaled 22,385, including dry covered, dry open and tank… Read More
Ken Eriksen Temperatures are warming up, daffodils are blooming, farmers are wanting to plant crops, river levels have been surging and falling and barge freight rates are stagnant. Spring… Read More
Captains, pilots and towboat crew members depend on the right tools to do their job safely and efficiently. Those tools include experience, mentors, safe and reliable equipment, training, communication with… Read More
The inland barge market likely finished 2024 on a high note with improved U.S. exports of grain, soybeans and products and coal, along with improved barge lockings as highlighted in… Read More
Tis the season of naughty and nice lists, but more so the hope and joy that live on through the miracle of Christmas. There has been much to consider for… Read More
