The New Orleans Engineer District recently awarded Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company, White Hall, Ark., a $19,473,663 firm-fixed-price contract for stone placement to reduce the flow being diverted from… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel
Sixteen students and an instructor from the National Defense University’s (NDU) Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy got a first-hand look at the country’s rivers… Read More
Continuing in the vein of last week’s column, we will look at another steamboat that was an early member of the Hines fleet. The sternwheel steamer Betty Turner was… Read More
Clark Todd • Clark Todd has been promoted to CEO of Blessey Marine Services, in addition to his role as president. Walter Blessey Jr., previously chairman and CEO,… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company of Salem, Ky., has filed an application for a permit modification to allow a conveyor load-out system at its existing facility on the… Read More
Canal Barge Company (CBC), a New Orleans-based marine transportation company founded in 1933, is adding three new towboats to its fleet that already numbers 48 vessels strong, including… Read More
The two top stories of 2019 were both carry-overs from 2018. A cascading series of devastating spring floods affected every river system. Dozens of flood… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company and Canal Barge Company Inc. (CBC) announced on October 1 that they have signed a strategic agreement for Pine Bluff to sell five… Read More
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association (AOPOA) honored five inductees to the Arkansas River Hall of Fame on September 5 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Event Center at Catoosa, Okla. Read More
Capt. Bill Beacom Capt. Bill Beacom was inducted into the River Rat Hall of Fame in August 2007, but at age 77, he is not slowing down. Read More
