The New Orleans chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) hosted a “Lunch & Learn” event March 4 featuring the Rev. Tom Rhoades, river chaplain with… Read More
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For a contract cost of $40,900, the beautiful sidewheeler Tarascon was constructed on a wooden hull 250 feet in length by 38 feet in width at Jeffersonville, Ind., in… Read More
RiverWorks Discovery, the educational outreach program of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, has been sponsoring its popular Who Works the Rivers marine industry… Read More
Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge held its annual dredge operators training course February 5 at the Omni Royal Orleans in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Known as the “Dreducation Class,” the… Read More
The Rob’t. E. Lee was built at New Albany, Ind., in 1866, at what was known as the lower yard of Dewitt Hill. A wooden-hulled sidewheeler measuring 285 feet… Read More
Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge held its annual dredge operators training course February 5 at the Omni Royal Orleans in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Known as the “Dreducation Class,”… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council and The Coal Institute held the annual World Trade & Transport Conference February 20 at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel in New… Read More
Citing problems with manning and available onboard fuel, the Coast Guard issued Captain of the Port (COTP) Orders in four ports to Bouchard Transportation Company of Melville, N.Y. A… Read More
Of the many beautiful steamboats owned by the famed Anchor Line, all were sidewheelers save for one. Built at a cost of $36,500 by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville, Ala.-based Learning Center hosted a floating plant safety course in New Orleans, La., January 30. The Corps (USACE) holds two floating plant… Read More


