I am a Galveston, Texas, resident currently preparing to take the Tankship Dangerous Liquids (DL) Cargo Course for my Tank Vessel-PIC endorsement and STCW Basic Safety Training this fall. Read More
WJ Editorial
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National Maritime Day is observed on May 22, to mark the date that the American steamship Savannah sailed from the United States to England. This was the first successful… Read More
A deckhand called out “Hey, Chaps! Can I talk to you for a second?” as I was passing through the galley. “Absolutely!” I responded as we… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Maritime Education (CME) has established a new partnership with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss.,, with the… Read More
This past week, the Corn Belt Ports and We Work the Waterways announced their participation in the Corn Belt Ports Rural Maritime and Logistics Training and Education Consortium,… Read More
This issue, focusing on the often overlooked barge fleeting sector, highlights the role of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association. A generation of founders and leaders of GNOBFA… Read More
At the time of this writing, a cease-fire with Iran and some version of a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz continues. If it holds it will surely be welcome… Read More
This edition of The Waterways Journal marks the beginning of Volume 140. The publication’s beginnings are somewhat mysterious. The first edition under the name “The Waterways Journal” is dated April… Read More
In reading about the Lone Star and Kahlke brothers, I am reminded of my visit to what was the remains of the Kahlke brothers’ boat yard back in the 1980s. There is another… Read More
By an inherited quirk of accepted usage, the Mississippi River and its tributary system are still sometimes referred to as “the Western Rivers,” harkening back to a time when the… Read More
