Middle River Marine, a barging and towing company headquartered in Mokena, Ill., recently got the green light to more than double the size of its fleeting area at one of… Read More
Illinois
The Louisville Engineer District is looking for a home for a historic, steam-powered maneuvering boat. LD 559 was put in service in 1938 as a maneuvering boat at Lock 52,… Read More
Five minutes of talking to Mike Marko, owner and president of Mike’s Inc., will make you forget that there is an economic slowdown because of a virus. Mike’s just completed… Read More
Ninety years after being built as homes for the men who maintained Ohio River Lock and Dam 51, four houses have a new purpose. The four lockmaster houses in Golconda,… Read More
Two western Kentucky ferry services have reopened as high water has receded. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry crossing the Mississippi River between Hickman, Ky., and Dorena, Mo., reopened at 3:30 p.m. March… Read More
A $40 million line item appropriation for a new public-private riverport in Cairo, Ill., is included in the state budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker has presented to lawmakers. State Sen. Dale… Read More
On January 21, the river fraternity lost one of its most dedicated and notable members with the passing, at age 106, of Mary Ackerman Otte, of Quincy, Ill. She was… Read More
Eagle Fabrication LLC, a division of Eagle Marine Industries Inc., Sauget, Ill., recently launched into the Mississippi River at St. Louis a 160-foot, flat deck barge. The barge follows Eagle’s… Read More
Tom Torretti remembers when CGB Enterprises senior vice president Scott Leininger and vice president Lance Rase called him unexpectedly into a meeting. They said CGB was given the privilege of… Read More
High river levels have caused delays in demolishing what is left of locks and dams 52 and 53 along the Ohio River. The opening of the Olmsted Locks and Dam… Read More
