Last month, Yager Marine Industries in Owensboro, Ky., completed the construction of its new drydock designed by The Shearer Group, Houston, Texas. The second of two drydocks on Yager… Read More
Kentucky
More than 500 guests from the maritime community gathered in Paducah, Ky., December 6 for the Seamen’s Church Institute’s 19th annual River Bell Awards Luncheon. The event raised more… Read More
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced December 6 that the Owensboro (Ky.) Riverport Authority has been awarded $11.2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage… Read More
The Paducah Propeller Club will host the 2018 River Industry Christmas Event December 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention Center, 415 Park… Read More
First Marine Properties LLC and Holliwood LLC, owned by longtime river entrepreneur W.A. “Peanut” Hollinger and his partner Jerry Smallwood, have completed the first phase of a port project… Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority announced November 7 that it has reached a 10-year lease agreement with an additional 10-year extension option with Southern FS to construct a state-of-the-art… Read More
Union County Grain Company Inc. announced the development of a new river terminal and grain elevator project in Union County, Ky., October 30 during a press event. The terminal… Read More
Donald Crosier Donald Marshall Crosier, born December 9, 1934, near Buffalo Island, Mo., died September 19 at his home in Barlow, Ky. He started… Read More
Inland Marine Service (IMS), the largest inland marine vessel management company in the United States, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018 as a third-generation, From left: Dave Hammond Jr.,… Read More
The Olmsted Lock and Dam Replacement Project, formally inaugurated on August 30, almost didn’t happen as recently as 2013. Now it is already being put to work impounding a… Read More