Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) have announced $110 million in grant funding available to the state’s public ports. The Port Facilities Capital Investment Grant… Read More
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Zen-Noh Grain Corporation (ZGC) announced April 1 that it has entered into an agreement with Viserion Grain LLC for Viserion to acquire 11 grain facilities. These facilities are expected to… Read More
Gerald DeNeal compares excavating a trench with the LeveeLock system compared with traditional equipment as akin to a surgeon with more advanced technology at his hands. “Our concept is minimally… Read More
In 1907, the steamer Mississippi led a parade of steamboats into Memphis with a special guest aboard. After spending the entire day of October 2 in St. Louis, President Teddy… Read More
Forty-four years after its founding, Midwest Tankermen Inc. is moving into its second generation of family owners. Gail Loughlin founded the Lockport, Ill.-based company, which provides inland barge cargo transfers… Read More
The last time Southern Illinois Transfer (SITCO) put a new boat into service, the Sparta, Ill., company had to wait for the Kaskaskia River to fall so that the boat… Read More
Calumet River Fleeting is leasing the TPG Chicago Dry Dock as part of an agreement in which Calumet expects to buy the facility early next year. American River Transportation Company… Read More
When he retires from Osage Marine Services in Naples, Ill., where he has been general manager for the better part of a career that has spanned more than half a… Read More
As a 19-year-old, Bretford Wildrick took a job right out of high school as a welder at Iowa Marine & Repair in Keokuk, Iowa. Wildrick, a native of Hamilton, Ill.,… Read More
The Muddy Waters Social Club, a casual network of St. Louis professionals connected to the working inland waterways, has announced that it will host a golf outing May 27 to… Read More
