Kentucky transportation officials are working with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) to designate additional Kentucky rivers as marine highways. On June 11, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet received notice that the… Read More
Big Sandy River
Few living within the Big Sandy River valley today could imagine that at one time the best way to travel in the valley was by steamboat. In the late… Read More
The Port of Huntington Tri-State is the nation’s busiest inland port by freight volume, according to a recently released freight analysis for 2019. The U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
In November 2000, officials gathered to welcome an expanded port designation for the Port of Huntington (W.Va.) Tri-State. The port district was expanded from 14 miles in the city… Read More
Amherst Madison Inc., the venerable marine towing, construction and repair firm on the Kanawha River at Charleston, W.Va., has marked a milestone of sorts this year. Among its other… Read More
The Coast Guard, West Virginia and Kentucky Departments of Environmental Protection began salvage operations with the sunken vessel Gate City near Mile 8 on the Big Sandy River at… Read More
The mv. Gate City sank in the Big Sandy River near Butler, W.Va., January 10. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) The Coast Guard responded to a sunken… Read More
