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 pool… Read More
Kentucky
Two recent name changes may have some river observers wondering if they’re remembering correctly or if they’re experiencing a Déjà vu moment. An AIS position report showed the 2,000 hp. Read More
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced August 23 that the Maritime Administration (MarAd) will establish a new, dedicated Gateway office in Paducah, Ky. Gateway offices provide assistance to public… Read More
On Valentine’s Day this year, BB Riverboats purchased a barge that will serve as its new dock facility for its Covington, Ky., passenger vessel operations. The sale was brokered by… Read More
Rains and high river levels have delayed the launch of the Ohio River’s next ferry service, but things should change around Labor Day. The Rising Star Casino Resort christened its… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company, Charleroi, Pa., has sold the veteran towboat Mark S to MO River Assets LLC, Stillwell, Kan., which has renamed the vessel in honor of another river veteran,… Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport, the inland port profiled in this issue, is not the largest river port by tonnage; New Orleans, Houston and St. Louis all move more barge cargo. Read More
If the U.S. inland waterways system has a hub, Paducah, Ky. is it. Sitting near the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers, just south of the Cumberland River’s confluence… Read More
The date of the Olmsted Lock and Dam ribbon-cutting ceremony has been changed from August 29 to August 30 at 10 a.m. to better accommodate members of Congress, announced Waterways… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited five contractors for safety and health violations after three contract employees were killed and two others critically injured… Read More
