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
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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
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 from Chicago. 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. interstates, six Class-I… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line’s new Cairo, Ill., fleet boat, the 70-by 30-foot, twin-screw, Z-drive mv. Mark Glaab, has two 1,000 hp. Caterpillar C-32 diesel engines. It also has one thing… 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 is located… Read More
The windstorm that decimated Economy Boat Store (EBS) in Wickliffe, Ky., two years ago wasn’t the first natural disaster the company has faced, but through it all the store has… Read More
