Built on a love for family and the river, Bellaire Harbor Service has grown steadily over the past 20 years. Capt. Bob Harrison took over the business at… Read More
The Waterways Journal
Stephen Carmel, nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, told a key Senate committee that his generation cannot stand on the sidelines… Read More
President Donald Trump, during an October 9 event at the White House, announced that Bollinger Shipyards, working in conjunction with Finland-based Rauma Marine Constructions and Aker Arctic Technology and… Read More
The Senate confirmed Michael Rutherford of Florida to serve as the Department of Transportation’s first assistant secretary for multimodal freight infrastructure and policy. Confirmation for the former railroad executive… Read More
As first announced in June, investment firm Redwood Holdings successfully completed its acquisition of New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company in early September. The acquisition of Canal Barge and all… Read More
The recent columns regarding the steam sternwheel towboat W.P. Snyder Jr. becoming a museum exhibit in Marietta, Ohio, in 1955 touched on the fact that steam vessels were… Read More
Low-water conditions are causing issues on many of the country’s navigable rivers, not just on the Lower Mississippi. On the Upper Mississippi, the St. Louis gauge had fallen… Read More
The first Tall Stacks event was held at Cincinnati in 1988. The idea grew out of a bicentennial commission to plan how to celebrate two centuries since the… Read More
Ken Kolb, PhD Every day on the Lower Mississippi River, ships unload and load cargo, be it containerized, bulk or breakbulk. To keep things running smoothly, there is… Read More
Action Intel, the data, software and artificial intelligence firm that brought the BargeAI application to the inland waterways, has announced the launch of Tow Tracker. The new tool delivers… Read More
