“Anything that affects the [maritime] system affects us,” said Brian Mueller, CEO of Heartland Companies, one of the nation’s largest barge-builders. “In an emergency, there may not be enough blue-water… Read More
We Work the Waterways
After spending a year as a nonprofit organization affiliated with Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT), We Work the Waterways (WWW) will begin operating independently as a standalone 501(c)(3)… Read More
This issue of The Waterways Journal carries the obituaries of four maritime industry veterans who collectively worked on, by and for our waterways for well over a century. The amazing… Read More
We Work The Waterways (WWTW) plans to debut a new pilot program April 18 in Paducah, Ky., and later in Louisiana. The program, which has been under the umbrella of… Read More
A little over a year ago, We Work The Waterways (WWTW), an educational outreach program of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT), didn’t even exist. Now, with 2024 in… Read More
Busloads of high school students from Louisiana’s river parishes visited the Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) March 6 and 7 as part of a pair of industry interaction events hosted… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District partnered with Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals to host a “We Work the Waterways” event last month at the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum. The… Read More
The past couple of months have been a whirlwind for Errin Howard. For close to 17 years, Howard led RiverWorks Discovery, developing that organization’s collaborative outreach program, Who Works the… Read More
Errin Howard, who formerly served as executive director of RiverWorks Discovery, has announced a new consulting role with Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT), where she is serving as the… Read More
