Search teams have covered more than 60 miles of the Ohio River looking for a missing man and woman following an accident between a commercial tow and a… Read More
Kentucky
W.A. “Peanut” Hollinger, a much-storied entrepreneur from Paducah, Ky., and Eustis, Fla., who had been involved in almost every aspect of the river business at one time or… Read More
With roads and electricity now in place, Ballard County (Ky.) Judge-Executive Todd Cooper hopes seven businesses related to Asian carp will soon begin going up in the county’s new… Read More
Kentucky has allocated $500,000 toward its public riverports as part of this year’s Kentucky Riverport Improvement grant program and issued a call for applicants. Public riverports… Read More
The 107-year-old Belle of Louisville is back steaming down the Ohio River, but the boat’s operators say that without $4.1 million in additional funding over the next five years,… Read More
A Paducah, Ky., doctor who founded an occupational and corporate medicine practice whose clients include members of the inland navigation community has been appointed to the National Merchant Mariner… Read More
The second freight conference geared toward Kentucky’s public riverports included a focus on their emerging markets and how to take advantage of potential economic development opportunities. The Kentucky… Read More
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, based in Winchester, Ky., bought 50,000 short tons of Central Appalachia barged coal from River Trading Company for delivery in 2021, according to Platt’s. Read More
The closure of the Dorena-Hickman Ferry at Mississippi River Mile 922.0 has been extended to about March 30 because of continued high water. The ferry, which connects… Read More
The Kentucky Summit on Economic Development Strategies to Leverage Kentucky Riverports and Freight Network, hosted online by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet March 24-26, is the second of three conferences… Read More
