Recent abundant rainfall has led to deepened drafts and expanded tow widths. Now the system just needs more rain to keep them. Randy Chamness, co-chairman of the… Read More
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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
A ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by representatives of several elected officials representing the region was held for the new Corn Belt Ports office on October 19 on Western Illinois… Read More
While the Lower Mississippi River has rebounded somewhat from record lows in mid-October, the river is falling again, and low-water conditions are expected to continue. The Memphis Engineer… Read More
The U.S. Maritime Administration announced more than $653 million in grants for 41 port improvement projects under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) on November 3. Awards announced… Read More
Lawrence Wesley Matteson, 93, of Davenport, Iowa, passed away on October 18. Matteson worked at First Mississippi as a crane operator maintaining fertilizer containment ponds prior to… Read More
While the Marietta Manufacturing Company (MMC) was completing and outfitting the big steam towboat Alexander Mackenzie (WJ October 9) at its Point Pleasant, W.Va., shipyard, the first steel… Read More
The fight against record-breaking low water in the mid-Mississippi Valley and updates on construction projects dominated the Inland Waterways Users Board meeting October 19. The meeting was held… Read More
The Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) announced on September 25 the expansion of a key navigation asset to include information from a 734-mile stretch of the Missouri River… Read More
Capt. Phil C. Elsey was one of the founders of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen. A group of river personages gathered at the Hotel Lafayette in Gallipolis,… Read More
