Barge traffic resumed on the Illinois Waterway as temperatures rose and the country’s midsection recovered from the polar vortex. Jeff Lebeau, assistant lockmaster at Starved Rock Lock and… Read More
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Capt. David Barchie looks for new challenges and opportunities every day. That’s why working on the river has always appealed to him. Barchie, 60, of Daphne, Ala.,… Read More
When you work on a boat, there are times holidays are unavoidable, and you are away from your family for weeks at a time. The people you work with… Read More
Since retiring in August, my wife, Mary, and I have been very busy. We sold our home in Louisville and moved to Edmond, Okla., on the first of October,… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line is celebrating the lives and careers of two teammates with the renaming of two boats in their honor, the mv. Mark L. Duplantis and the… Read More
By Nelson Spencer Jr. and Shelley Byrne With a strong balance sheet and a focus on investing in its future, American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) and its board of directors named Mike Ellis as the company’s new CEO and a member of the board August 6. The appointment will… Read More
In an email to employees July 15, American Commercial Barge Line President and CEO Mark Knoy announced he would retire from the company and the industry by the end… Read More
Amherst Madison has purchased two Dravo Viking towboats from ACBL and put them to use on the Ohio River system. The company bought the mv. Leonard… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line Holding Corporation announced April 30 that it has successfully completed its recapitalization and emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. “ACBL is moving forward as an… Read More
