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Waterways Journal Inc. is a maritime publications company in business since 1887. We provide quality publications and related products and services to the maritime industry where we serve an audience that operates 25,000 barges and more than 3,800 towboats, dredges and material handlers. Please take a few minutes to navigate our website where you will find inland marine news, videos, events and more!

Known as “The Riverman’s Bible,” The Waterways Journal has published continuously from St. Louis, Missouri, since 1887. It is the only American maritime publication that focuses exclusively on the inland waterways, and one of the few remaining family-owned, advertiser-supported... Read More

IMX 2023

May 31-June 2, 2023

Nashville, TN

Produced by the experts at The Waterways Journal, IMX is designed specifically for the inland and intracoastal marine industry.

Who Should Attend?

• Barge and towboat owners and operators
• Shallow draft ports and terminals, stevedoring firms
• Fleeting and harbor service providers
• Inland shipyards and repair facilities
• Dredging companies and marine contractors
• Ferryboat and inland passenger vessel operators
• Engineers, divers, surveyors, consultants
• Related government agencies

2025 Edition Now Available

The Boat Book. The Inland River Record is a hardback book that lists in detail more than 3,700 commercial towboats and tugs, U.S. engineer vessels and Coast Guard vessels navigating the Mississippi and Ohio, their tributaries and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Alphabetical listing of owners, where and when built. Updated annually.

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A staple in the Great Lakes/Seaway shipping community, Greenwood’s Guide is utilized by all segments of the Great Lakes shipping industry. Greenwood’s Guide is available in high-quality print and as a PDF download.

• Hard-cover in handy 6″ x 9″ size
• 31 tabs provide quick, easy reference
• Updated annually with detailed information not available from any other source

Just $75 plus shipping

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Great Lakes/Seaway Review is the premier publication for commercial shipping on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway system. For over 50 years of publication the magazines quarterly issues are read by industry leaders who make decisions on how, when, and where to ship bulk and general cargoes by water from the U.S. and Canada to markets around the world. The high visibility, internationally circulated, full color magazine combines editorial excellence with a high-quality graphic environment and has been called “as beautiful as it is important”.

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The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation in Canada and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation in the U.S. are working closely with Harbor House Publishers to again produce the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System Directory, a dynamic and comprehensive publication used throughout the region and world-wide.

A comprehensive guide to international shipping in the Great Lakes Seaway System, the System Directory is available in high quality print and interactive digital editions.

A key tool used by the Seaway entities, stakeholders and businesses in marketing the system world-wide, the System Directory receives over 52,500 digital views annually.

2024 Edition Now Available

Who can ship it, who can build it, who can fix it. All that and more is included in The Inland River Guide — published specifically as a comprehensive professional directory for businesses that operate in the commercial marine industry along the Western Rivers and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Updated annually, this guide includes the following categories — to assist with finding contacts for B2B products and services:

Barge & Towing Companies

Ports/Terminals

Government Agencies and Industry Associations

Fleeting-Harbor/Tankermen

Shipyards/Repair Facilities

Contractors/Dredging

Refuelers/Boat Stores

Brokers/Surveyors/Insurers/Schools

Divers/Salvage/Scrap/Pollution Control

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IDR Annual Directory – This is an all-in-one resource for the dredging industry.

Updated annually, the directory includes detailed contact and fleet information, including specifics on individual dredges, for dredging owners and operators worldwide. Additionally, it includes valuable information on the many shipyards, hydrographic surveyors, distributors, manufacturers and other vendors who serve the market.

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Free Company Listing

Quimby’s Cruising Guide

The ultimate resource for boaters who cruise in mid-America — including The Great Loop.

Quimby’s has detailed descriptions of 1,250+ marinas, locks and dams, and waterside facilities, providing crucial information on where to find fuel, dockage, supplies and service. It is arranged by river, then river mile, making it easy to use when routing a trip, with additional navigation notes, mileage charts, inland boating tips and local attractions making it an essential part of any onboard library.

We offer free listings for any company offering services for boaters along the inland waterways.  For more info or to... Read More