When Lindsey Launius describes the last year at the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., she uses one word repeatedly: momentum. Launius, the river museum’s executive director, described… Read More
inland waterways
A new freight study examining the underused connection between the Great Lakes and the inland waterway system is pointing to opportunities to move more cargo between the two networks… Read More
Nine inland and Gulf Coast shipyards will receive a combined $7.25 million through the Maritime Administration’s 2026 Small Shipyard Grant Program, part of $35.18 million awarded to 45 shipyards… Read More
From Federal Barge Line and St. Louis’ crowded barge scene to deregulation, single-sideband radio and AI, three shoreside veterans reflected on five decades of inland change. Mark Mayfield, Stephen Rauch… Read More
No one was injured, but a dredge was hit August 13 when 11 barges broke away from their tow. “Our understanding is that when a towing vessel was transiting in… Read More
They may not spend a watch in the wheelhouse or appear in line-handling reels on TikTok, but they’re nonetheless indispensable to the 24-hour movement of towboats on the… Read More
A donation from Amherst Madison to the Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center has launched a fundraising campaign to support the expansion of its towboat… Read More
In the November 10, 2025, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column touched on the history of Hillman Barge & Construction Company. In 1903, Pittsburgh Steel established a repair… Read More
One sign of industry confidence is taking shape at shipyards along the waterways. Operators are committing to multi-vessel construction programs, and some yards have begun boats on speculation before… Read More
The first phase of the $333.8 million Three Rivers project is substantially complete, Josh Hendricks, chief of the Operations Technical Support Branch at the Little Rock Engineer District, told… Read More
