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Paducah Port Update Includes Pending Expansion Funds Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Executive Director Tim Cahill addresses the Port of Paducah Propeller Club on April 10 at Walker Hall Events Center in Paducah, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Executive Director Tim Cahill addresses the Port of Paducah Propeller Club on April 10 at Walker Hall Events Center in Paducah, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Paducah Port Update Includes Pending Expansion Funds

April 12, 2024

Legislation passed by both houses of the Kentucky legislature and awaiting signature by Gov. Andy Beshear would help pay for an expansion of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority… Read More

PortSL Hosts Two We Work The Waterways Events Craig Broussard from ARTCo speaks to a group of high school students March 7 at the Port of South Louisiana about career opportunities available to them in the maritime industry. (Photos by Frank McCormack)

Craig Broussard from ARTCo speaks to a group of high school students March 7 at the Port of South Louisiana about career opportunities available to them in the maritime industry. (Photos by Frank McCormack)

PortSL Hosts Two We Work The Waterways Events

March 21, 2024

Busloads of high school students from Louisiana’s river parishes visited the Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) March 6 and 7 as part of a pair of industry interaction events… Read More

‘We Work The Waterways’ Organization Begins Workforce Outreach Mission

February 2, 2024

The past couple of months have been a whirlwind for Errin Howard. For close to 17 years, Howard led RiverWorks Discovery, developing that organization’s collaborative outreach program, Who Works… Read More

2023: The Annual Review Of Waterways Events Dredges—like the St. Louis Engineer District’s dredge Potter, shown here—had a busy year. In January, they were still working to keep the waterways open following a historic low-water season the previous fall; then, as summer turned into fall, they were again pressed into service for another extreme drought in 2023. (Photo by Janet Meredith/St. Louis Engineer District)

Dredges—like the St. Louis Engineer District’s dredge Potter, shown here—had a busy year. In January, they were still working to keep the waterways open following a historic low-water season the previous fall; then, as summer turned into fall, they were again pressed into service for another extreme drought in 2023. (Photo by Janet Meredith/St. Louis Engineer District)

2023: The Annual Review Of Waterways Events

December 15, 2023

The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels… Read More

Forum Highlights Strengths, Needs On Waterways

December 8, 2023

Marine Money International hosted its second annual Marine Finance Forum in New Orleans on November 30, with present operations and future needs of the inland waterways of the United… Read More

TRVA Meeting Includes WRDA, Kentucky, Chickamauga Updates Construction progress at Chickamauga Lock as of September. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

Construction progress at Chickamauga Lock as of September. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

TRVA Meeting Includes WRDA, Kentucky, Chickamauga Updates

October 20, 2023

The 57th annual Tennessee River Valley Association and Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council meeting October 9-10 in Franklin, Tenn., included an update on projects along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers as… Read More

WCI Advocates For Increased Waterways Funding Crews working in Charleroi Lock. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

WCI Advocates For Increased Waterways Funding

August 18, 2023

Stressing the need for full and efficient funding for lock construction, Waterways Council Inc. hosted members of the media on a tour of Pittsburgh area projects August 9-11. Read More

Shipbuilders Council Announces Safety Awards

July 3, 2023

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national association representing the U.S. shipbuilding, maintenance and repair industry, announced its yearly member safety awards for 2023 on June 21. SCA… Read More

NDU Students Tour Inland Waterways Sites Sixteen students from the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy learn about Seamen’s Church Institute’s mission from SCI-Paducah’s Kelly Butts. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Sixteen students from the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy learn about Seamen’s Church Institute’s mission from SCI-Paducah’s Kelly Butts. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

NDU Students Tour Inland Waterways Sites

March 31, 2023

Sixteen students and an instructor from the National Defense University’s (NDU) Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy got a first-hand look at the country’s rivers… Read More

Corps Budget Request Includes No IWTF Funds

March 17, 2023

President Joe Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 budget March 9 that requests $7.41 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works program. That number is up… Read More

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