We Work the Waterways has been growing rapidly in recent months. In April 2025, it became an independent nonprofit. The national conversation about reviving American shipping shipbuilding and the… Read More
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Women In Maritime Operations (WIMOs) has appointed Valerie Anderson as executive treasurer of its national board of directors. Anderson succeeds Laura Lewis, who is stepping down after seven years… Read More
In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT. By 2023, it had 100 million users, the fastest spread of a consumer application in history. The revelation of that demand triggered instant… Read More
“I was impressed by how many people wanted to get involved,” Brandon Phillips told The Waterways Journal. He was speaking about his experience at the American School… 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
Life on the river can be hard for children to picture. Amber Box hopes her first coloring book, “Blue Collar Kids: Towboats At Work,” helps change that. Read More
Several sessions of the recently concluded Inland Marine Expo dealt with the perennial topic of workforce recruitment. Jonathan Dunn, senior director of corporate communications at American Commercial Barge Line… Read More
From landing his first job at 14 to coming out of retirement just last year to work for Turn Services, Dan Price has a great story. Watch along as Waterways… Read More
The River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., is asking for industry and community support to upgrade its boat simulator, which the director described as a cornerstone exhibit. The… Read More
