Like the towboats moving along the nation’s rivers, American Cruise Lines (ACL) vessels are American owned, built and crewed. Cassandra Caldwell, ACL’s government affairs manager for the Mississippi River and… Read More
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently announced the designation of 848 new miles of navigable waterways and approval of 14 new sponsors for the U.S. Marine Highway Program (USMHP). According to… Read More
Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced July 10 that the Maritime Administration (MarAd) has designated 848 new miles of navigable waterways under the U.S. Marine Highway Program… Read More
In the June 9, 2025, installment of “This Week” in The Waterways Journal, the following was included in the section from 100 years ago: “The mv. Kate Adams departed Paducah,… Read More
The pilot of the towboat mv. City of Louisville left the helm unattended, leading to a 2023 grounding that caused an estimated $2 million in damage, the National Transportation… Read More
A federal judge in Jackson, Miss., issued an order April 28 allowing a lawsuit by a newspaper publisher and lumber company against the Mississippi River Commission (MRC) to proceed. The… Read More
Colin Wellenkamp, executive director of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), returned from a recent trip to Washington, D.C., “feeling very positive” after a flurry of meetings with… Read More
One of America’s newest waterways, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), turned 40 last month. Four decades ago, on January 14, 1985, the mv. Eddie Waxler departed Mobile, Ala., and headed… Read More
Mobile, Ala.-based Blakeley BoatWorks has delivered the mv. Claire Ellen, the shipyard’s 107th hull, to Cooper Marine’s Louisiana operations. Designed by Farrell and Norton and built by Blakeley BoatWorks, the Claire Ellen measures… Read More
The James Rees and Sons Company of Pittsburgh began building river craft in the late 1870s. They turned out a wide range of vessels including packets, towboats, snag boats… Read More
