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Industrial Park Plans At Weirton Port Move Forward

Mooring cells at Ohio River Mile 62 are back open, and barges are being fleeted as part of an agreement the Frontier Group of Companies signed with Industry Terminal & Salvage (IT&S) the last week of July. IT&S will serve as port operator and stevedore for the Weirton Frontier Crossings site, the former home of Weirton Steel and Arcelor-Mittal USA in Weirton, W.Va. (photo courtesy of Frontier Group of Companies)

Industrial Park Plans At Weirton Port Move Forward

August 13, 2021

Barges are being fleeted at 60 Ohio River mooring cells for the first time in two decades as part of the repurposing of former steel mill property to create an… Read More

Busatto Carries On Family’s Rich River Tradition Brad Busatto on the mv. Marne B, which Industry Terminal & Salvage Company converted to a fixed-pilothouse towboat from a retractable.

Brad Busatto on the mv. Marne B, which Industry Terminal & Salvage Company converted to a fixed-pilothouse towboat from a retractable.

Busatto Carries On Family’s Rich River Tradition

April 17, 2020

The Manitowoc 230-ton crane Brad Busatto purchased recently—as part of a derrick boat he is in the process of assembling—bears little resemblance to the one he manned as a high… Read More

Student Premieres River Life Play At Carnegie Mellon The play “Salvage” premiered at Carnegie Mellon University November 5. Actors Jackson Eick, Mikael Gemeda-Breka, Anthony Saldaña and Adam Brett connected with their roles as they portrayed various river industry workers under the guidance of college playwright Kate Busatto. (Photo courtesy of Kate Busatto)

The play “Salvage” premiered at Carnegie Mellon University November 5. Actors Jackson Eick, Mikael Gemeda-Breka, Anthony Saldaña and Adam Brett connected with their roles as they portrayed various river industry workers under the guidance of college playwright Kate Busatto. (Photo courtesy of Kate Busatto)

Student Premieres River Life Play At Carnegie Mellon

November 9, 2018

Born into a family with deep connections to Pittsburgh’s river industry, Kate Busatto became inspired to write a play based on the lives of river workers. The play, which premiered… Read More