Martin Marietta Materials Inc. plans to construct a barge loading/unloading area at its existing facility along the Ohio River near Petersburg, Ky. The proposed project would be located… Read More
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The spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in China is not having an effect on Kentucky’s exports of Asian carp, but it is preventing Chinese investors from… Read More
As the halfway point of the four-year Subchapter M phase-in period for certificates of inspection approaches, the U.S. Coast Guard is ramping up enforcement efforts, and others are planning… Read More
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
“Having a Towing Safety Management System is no good unless you follow it.” Those words, or variants of them, have probably been spoken at every single meeting on Subchapter… Read More
In a time where a lot of parts for U.S. products are made in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, a five-person western Kentucky business is making marine, industrial and… Read More
Dee Dee Whittaker brings to her new assignment handling Waterways Journal advertising accounts in the Southeast region a formidable background in sales. A Paducah native, Whittaker worked in Atlanta… Read More
The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) has increased staff and is employing innovative new methods to try to reduce the number of Asian carp already in… Read More
New Paducah–Baton Rouge Project To Receive $480,000 Grant money from the Maritime Administration’s America’s Marine Highway Program will help fund more than $7.5 million for nine projects, including one… Read More
A Coast Guard investigation has determined a “mate on-watch” falling asleep at the controls caused a tow to hit a Cincinnati-area floating restaurant and marina. The… Read More
