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Seamen’s Church Institute Adapts To Continue Ministries

In a pastoral response adapted to the realities of the global pandemic, Senior River Chaplain Kempton Baldridge transfers two parcels to Brandon Land, supervisor at Ingram Barge Company‘s warehouse in Paducah, Ky., for further delivery to an Ingram towboat crew on the Lower Mississippi River. With all vessel visits curtailed, chaplains must communicate their care and concern for crews by different means. Thus, after learning of a crewmember’s death earlier in the day, Chaplain Baldridge packed up the flag of the U.S. Merchant Marine to fly in the mariner’s memory and a large morale box loaded with books, DVDs, dental kits, snacks and prayer books for his shipmates, ever mindful to observe “social distancing” protocols. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Seamen’s Church Institute Adapts To Continue Ministries

April 11, 2020

Note: This is a revised and expanded version of a story that was previously posted on Waterwaysjournal.net. This version also appears in the April 13, 2020, print edition. The Seamen’s… Read More

What’s Next For Subchapter M Compliance?

March 20, 2020

As the halfway point of the four-year Subchapter M phase-in period for certificates of inspection approaches, the U.S. Coast Guard is ramping up enforcement efforts, and others are planning for… Read More

Family-Owned JAGCO Prides Itself On Quality, Service Jesse Ladd works on building an expansion joint inside JAGCO Industries on Old U.S. 45, south of Paducah. The small, family-owned company builds several products for the inland marine and other industries. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Jesse Ladd works on building an expansion joint inside JAGCO Industries on Old U.S. 45, south of Paducah. The small, family-owned company builds several products for the inland marine and other industries. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Family-Owned JAGCO Prides Itself On Quality, Service

February 24, 2020

In a time where a lot of parts for U.S. products are made in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, a five-person western Kentucky business is making marine, industrial and automotive… Read More

Dee Dee Whittaker Joins WJ Team In Paducah

February 24, 2020

Dee Dee Whittaker brings to her new assignment handling Waterways Journal advertising accounts in the Southeast region a formidable background in sales. A Paducah native, Whittaker worked in Atlanta and… Read More

Paducah-McCracken County Port Searches For New Director

February 6, 2020

The Paducah-McCracken County (Ky.) Riverport Authority has named an interim director and is looking for someone to fill the position permanently. The riverport’s board of directors named Chris Bright to… Read More

Opioid Forum Designed To Help Employers Find Qualified, Drug-Free Workers

January 27, 2020

State employment officials hope a recent employer roundtable discussion will lead to putting more low-level drug offenders back to work while also meeting employers’ needs for a qualified and sober… Read More

River Discovery Center Initiative Increases Students’ Real-World Knowledge Lakyn King and Guyden Crabtree are assisted by Karen Baumann with Murray State University as they analyze water samples using a microscope as part of the River Discovery Center’s environmental detectives summer camp. (Photo courtesy of River Discovery Center)

Lakyn King and Guyden Crabtree are assisted by Karen Baumann with Murray State University as they analyze water samples using a microscope as part of the River Discovery Center’s environmental detectives summer camp. (Photo courtesy of River Discovery Center)

River Discovery Center Initiative Increases Students’ Real-World Knowledge

January 27, 2020

The River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., has a new initiative designed to catch students’ attention and hopefully better equip them for a future career in the river industry. The… Read More

Nine Projects Receive Marine Highway Grants A crane lifts a container into a barge at the Paducah Riverport. A recent marine highways grant the port received is for the purchase or lease of equipment as an initial step toward beginning regularly scheduled container on barge service between Paducah and Baton Rouge, La. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

A crane lifts a container into a barge at the Paducah Riverport. A recent marine highways grant the port received is for the purchase or lease of equipment as an initial step toward beginning regularly scheduled container on barge service between Paducah and Baton Rouge, La. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Nine Projects Receive Marine Highway Grants

January 10, 2020

New Paducah–Baton Rouge Project To Receive $480,000 Grant money from the Maritime Administration’s America’s Marine Highway Program will help fund more than $7.5 million for nine projects, including one between… Read More

Grants Point Toward Container-On-Barge Future WJ Editorial

Grants Point Toward Container-On-Barge Future

January 10, 2020

Container-on-barge will happen; but when? Versions of that sentiment have been circulating among the inland navigation community for decades. Various COB experiments on the inland waterways have come and gone,… Read More

Marquette Executive Puts People First Marq

Marquette Executive Puts People First

December 27, 2019

Darin Adrian has watched Marquette Transportation grow from four boats to 135, but he said one thing has not changed. “It’s all about the people,” he said. “We’re not looking… Read More