“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood!” That was how Marty Hettel, vice president of governmental affairs at American Commercial Barge Line and a longtime veteran of the Inland Waterways… Read More
Marty Hettel
American Commercial Barge Line is celebrating the lives and careers of two teammates with the renaming of two boats in their honor, the mv. Mark L. Duplantis and the mv. Read More
Over the past five years, the nation has seen a major advancement of major inland waterway infrastructure projects underway, namely lock construction projects at Olmsted, Lower Monongahela (Lower Mon), Kentucky… Read More
The Inland Waterways Users Board gathered May 23 in New Orleans, La., for its 91st meeting since Congress established the board as part of the Water Resources Development Act of… Read More
The men and women who volunteer their time to serve on congressionally chartered boards in order to represent the interests of the inland navigation community are essentially taking on a… Read More
Close to 250 maritime leaders gathered in Baton Rouge, La., April 23–25 for the annual conference of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT). The conference featured a wide range… Read More
The barge industry is getting socked by closed locks and consequent delays on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Members of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) were briefed on… Read More
The February 28 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Galveston, Texas, revealed “one of the most favorable outcomes I’ve ever seen in my years on the board,”… Read More
The title of the Waterways Council Inc.’s annual symposium held November 14-16 in Chicago, Ill., at the Hotel Sofitel, was “Rivers of Optimism: Catch the Wave.” A distinguished line-up of… Read More
The connectivity of agriculture and waterways transportation was highlighted at the Illinois State Fair, courtesy of U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis, John Shimkus, Mike Bost and Darin LaHood (all R-Ill.). The… Read More
