The National Waterways Foundation elected officers and trustees at its December 6 meeting in Paducah, Ky. Trustees re-elected were Cherrie Felder, Channel Shipyard Companies; Peter H. Stephaich, Campbell Transportation Company;… Read More
Deb Calhoun
Waterways Council Inc.’s 19th annual Waterways Symposium will be held for the first time in Paducah, Ky., on December 7-8. Keynote speakers will address such topics as the recent midterm… Read More
Cheryl “Cherrie” Felder is one of the maritime industry’s most recognized and beloved leaders, especially in the tight-knit New Orleans community where she lives, and it’s been that way for… Read More
Kim Lutz has just finished her first year as executive director of America’s Watershed Initiative, a unique—and the only—non-profit organization focusing on the entire Mississippi River watershed. Lutz is its… Read More
Dustin Davidson helps Congress understand what is important on the inland waterways. Davidson, 29, Waterways Council Inc.’s director of government relations, has been on the job since February, but he… Read More
The Tennessee River Valley Association/Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council’s annual conference returned to an in-person meeting format October 11-12 at the Embassy Suites Hotel at Cool Springs in Franklin, Tenn. Executive director… Read More
The double whammy of Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas have slowed or halted grain exports from ports in Texas and Louisiana for the past two weeks. In its grain barge… Read More
Reporters got a chance to ride a towboat, visit a lock and meet with industry professionals while learning about the importance of infrastructure along America’s inland waterways during Waterways Council… Read More
The Kentucky Summit on Economic Development Strategies to Leverage Kentucky Riverports and Freight Network, hosted online by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet March 24-26, is the second of three conferences planned… Read More
Participants in the two-day, virtual Tennessee River Valley Association (TRVA) meeting October 13-14 learned about progress on ongoing projects, the state of federal funding and carp eradication efforts, among other… Read More