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… Read More
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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… 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,… 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… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board announced November 7 it would investigate a November 4 barge explosion in Lemont, Ill., at an Illinois Marine Towing terminal about 25 miles… Read More
America’s Central Port is finishing out its 60th anniversary year by continuing its steady strategy of growth, transformation and diversification. Centrally located with access to four U.S. Read More
The project to revitalize the general cargo dock at America’s Central Port will be the first project completed under Illinois’ new Competitive Freight Grant Program. America’s Central Port… Read More
In one of the most celebrated film noir movies of all time, “Double Indemnity,” Edward G. Robinson won an Oscar playing insurance claims manager Barton Keyes. In one famous… Read More
Matt Thomas (without hard hat) amid shipyard workers of Eagle Fabrication. (Photo by Nelson Spencer Jr.) Eagle Fabrication LLC, a division of Eagle Marine Industries Inc., Sauget, Ill.,… Read More
Ingram Barge Company applied at the end of June for a permit to build and maintain a barge mooring/fleeting facility on the right bank of the Ohio River near… Read More
