Industry Terminal & Salvage Company News

Obituary: Lynn Busatto

July 13, 2023

Lynn Busatto, founder of Industry (Pa.) Terminal & Salvage Company (ITS) at Mile 33 on the Ohio River, died June 18. He was 80. He worked at Crain Brothers and Allegheny… Read More

Busatto Carries On Family’s Rich River Tradition Brad Busatto on the mv. Marne B, which Industry Terminal & Salvage Company converted to a fixed-pilothouse towboat from a retractable.

Brad Busatto on the mv. Marne B, which Industry Terminal & Salvage Company converted to a fixed-pilothouse towboat from a retractable.

Busatto Carries On Family’s Rich River Tradition

April 17, 2020

The Manitowoc 230-ton crane Brad Busatto purchased recently—as part of a derrick boat he is in the process of assembling—bears little resemblance to the one he manned as a high… Read More

Student Premieres River Life Play At Carnegie Mellon The play “Salvage” premiered at Carnegie Mellon University November 5. Actors Jackson Eick, Mikael Gemeda-Breka, Anthony Saldaña and Adam Brett connected with their roles as they portrayed various river industry workers under the guidance of college playwright Kate Busatto. (Photo courtesy of Kate Busatto)

The play “Salvage” premiered at Carnegie Mellon University November 5. Actors Jackson Eick, Mikael Gemeda-Breka, Anthony Saldaña and Adam Brett connected with their roles as they portrayed various river industry workers under the guidance of college playwright Kate Busatto. (Photo courtesy of Kate Busatto)

Student Premieres River Life Play At Carnegie Mellon

November 9, 2018

Born into a family with deep connections to Pittsburgh’s river industry, Kate Busatto became inspired to write a play based on the lives of river workers. The play, which premiered… Read More