The Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen (S&D) will hold its 80th annual meeting September 13–14 at the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta, Ohio. The event will kick off on Friday… Read More
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Tidewater Rail Operating LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, has applied to the Pittsburgh Engineer District for a permit to expand a docking facility on the right bank of the Ohio River… Read More
Unlike many who choose a river career, Capt. Chris Snouffer had no family members on the rivers. In fact, he had no intention of working on the rivers at all… 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
The Columbiana County Port Authority’s Wellsville (Ohio) Intermodal Facility has announced that Pier 48, the port’s operator, recently handled one of its largest loads at the terminal on January 7. Read More
Sea School recently announced the addition of a facility in Toledo, Ohio. The facility is the result of a joint effort between Sea School and the Maritime Academy of Toledo,… Read More
This week’s Old Boat Column takes us for a visit to the Cincinnati wharf. In this serene image, taken from the stern of the excursion steamer Island Queen, we see,… Read More
Happy New Year! Now that winter is officially here, we begin the Old Boat Column for 2019 with a frigid photo. Taken in the mouth of the frozen Muskingum River,… Read More
Three large natural gas surge tanks were recently unloaded at Starvaggi Dock on Mile 66 of the Ohio River at Weirton, W.Va., using four Maxim Crane Works LP riggers, a… Read More
The sidewheeler Charles Morgan was reputedly one of the most popular packets ever to ply the Cincinnati–New Orleans trade. Built in 1874 by the Cincinnati Marine Railway & Dock Company,… Read More
