Most men nicknamed “Mac” have a Scottish or Irish surname that begins “Mac” or “Mc.” But according to Michael Taylor, owner of Paducah Barge, his father-in-law Mike Marshall acquired that… Read More
The Waterways Journal
OpenTug, a marine logistics platform dedicated to optimizing freight efficiency on inland and coastal waterways, recently announced a shift in strategic focus from its original marketplace model to the continued… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a seepage remediation contract worth more than $7 million on February 18 to APC Construction LLC of Harvey, La. The contract was awarded as… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has won a reversal of a $3.8 million jury verdict in the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston. The decision reinforces and clarifies… Read More
Marquette Transportation Company will expand its Paducah, Ky., facility, with more than $5 million in investment, creating up to 55 jobs, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s office announced February 27. “One… Read More
Technology, beneficial dredging and aspects of dredging specific to the Great Lakes and Midwest regions will be topics of discussion at this month’s Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Midwest Chapter conference. Read More
Don Getty spent 25 of his 38 years working for the Corps of Engineers on the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, including 19 as the project manager. Getty, 66, of Nashville,… Read More
Cracks found in both lower miter gates during dewatering have extended the closure of the Lockport Lock, located at Illinois River Mile 291. The lock closed for installation of new… Read More
At age 19, Darrell Pyke was attending a welding school when an older man named Willie Neville struck up a friendship with him. Neville worked on dredges and told the… Read More
Canal Barge has a unique distinction among long-lived towboating companies. “In the 91 years we’ve been operating, Canal Barge has seldom if ever tied up a boat or laid anyone… Read More
