Representatives from Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), an advocacy organization for the inland waterways and ports, are used to talking about why locks and dams need full and efficient funding. Read More
Pittsburgh
Last week, the United States of America celebrated the Fourth of July in honor of the 249th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. One towboat that… Read More
Capt. Danial Kuntz One of Capt. Danial Kuntz’s first teachers in life was also one of his first in the river business. Kuntz, 39, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, went to… Read More
Freezing temperatures, ice and snow are impacting navigation on the nation’s rivers, including a wide swath of the Southeast, which received record snowfall. Read More
Campbell Transportation Company, a Pittsburgh-based inland marine transportation and services company, has announced the promotion of Kyle Buese to president and chief executive officer. Peter Stephaich, who previously served as… Read More
The sight along the Pittsburgh riverfront in August was anything but pretty. In just two-and-a-half days, Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) removed an estimated 52 vehicles from the Monongahela and… Read More
The Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh dated back to 1890 and was involved in industrial construction. About 1917, the firm began building floating marine equipment and towboats at a Neville… Read More
The Dravo Contracting Company was justifiably proud of the towboat Wm. Penn that the company had built for the Dravo subsidiary Union Barge Line (UBL) in 1940. In the September… Read More
Three barges remain pinned against two Upper Ohio River dams, but a sunken one has been removed. The barges, two lodged against Emsworth Locks and Dam and one… Read More
A bill changing the makeup of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission has been signed into law. The bill, Act 161 of 2022, reduces the commission from 16 members… Read More
