An already-soaked middle and southern U.S. will soon be getting another surge of water from snowmelt from the “bomb cyclone” that pummeled part of the Upper Plains with “historic” levels… Read More
Ohio River
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
This high-water season is threatening to break records along the whole length of several river systems. Higher-than-expected rainfalls in the last weekend of February caused high water in the Ohio… Read More
The U.S. Army announced 43 promotions and personnel shifts on February 19, including some important shifts within the Corps of Engineers. Maj. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, the current commanding general… Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority recently announced that it is preparing to launch the first container-on-barge (COB) service on the Ohio River and in the state of Kentucky. With COB… Read More
(Click on image for full photo) The second steamboat to carry the name Chris Greene—the first was destroyed by fire in 1922—played an important part in the early life of… Read More
A brief lowering of high water allowed salvage teams to retrieve the sixth of nine sunken barges at McAlpine Dam before the water rose again, suspending operations. The barges were… Read More
On the afternoon of February 8, the Coast Guard received an alert that a towing vessel was sinking at Mile 259 on the Ohio River near Cheshire, Ohio. The mv. Read More
Rising water has slowed the response efforts of the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers and Tennessee Valley Towing Company to a towboat and barge accident on the Ohio… Read More
The Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers and Tennessee Valley Towing (TVT) are continuing their response to a bridge allision that occurred the evening of December 25 in Louisville, Ky. The… Read More
