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West Virginia

Charleston Sternwheel Regatta Is Revived For 2022 River activities during a previous Charleston Sternwheel Regatta. (Photo courtesy of HD Media/Charleston Gazette-Mail)

Charleston Sternwheel Regatta Is Revived For 2022

April 19, 2022

Twenty boats have already registered for the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta, which is returning to West Virginia for the first time since 2008 and expected to draw an estimated 250,000… Read More

Point Pleasant Museum Facing Financial Hurdles

November 25, 2021

Point Pleasant, W.Va.—Three years after a fire destroyed its building and essentially eliminated its source of income, the Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center has… Read More

Industrial Park Plans At Weirton Port Move Forward Mooring cells at Ohio River Mile 62 are back open, and barges are being fleeted as part of an agreement the Frontier Group of Companies signed with Industry Terminal & Salvage (IT&S) the last week of July. IT&S will serve as port operator and stevedore for the Weirton Frontier Crossings site, the former home of Weirton Steel and Arcelor-Mittal USA in Weirton, W.Va. (photo courtesy of Frontier Group of Companies)

Industrial Park Plans At Weirton Port Move Forward

August 13, 2021

Barges are being fleeted at 60 Ohio River mooring cells for the first time in two decades as part of the repurposing of former steel mill property to… Read More

New Port Of West Virginia Moves Forward

New Port Of West Virginia Moves Forward

July 30, 2021

Empire Diversified Energy is developing the Port of West Virginia, a multifunctional, transmodal inland port terminal on the Ohio River in the city of Follansbee. The company’s wholly… Read More

Bridge Span Floated On Barges In New Construction Method Towboats from Excell Marine move the main span of the new bridge between Wellsburg, W.Va., and Brilliant, Ohio, down the Ohio River on barges April 26. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Department of Transportation)

Bridge Span Floated On Barges In New Construction Method

May 14, 2021

The main span of a new bridge over the Ohio River was built on the riverbank and recently floated in by barge before being lifted into place as part… Read More

The Geo. T. Price Was The First Diesel Line-Haul Towboat The Geo. T. Price was generally regarded as the first diesel line-haul towboat. (Photo by Bill Judd)

The Geo. T. Price Was The First Diesel Line-Haul Towboat

April 21, 2021

The Charles Ward Engineering Works, Charleston, W.Va., was a pioneer in the advent of the screw propeller as a means of providing thrust to towing vessels. The James Rumsey,… Read More

Mid-Ohio Valley Statistical Port District Gains Preliminary Approval The Mid-Ohio Valley Port District is a proposed new statistical port comprising nearly 220 miles of the Ohio River between the Huntington Tri-State Port District and the Port of Pittsburgh. It recently received preliminary approval. (Graphic by W.R. Coles & Associates)

Mid-Ohio Valley Statistical Port District Gains Preliminary Approval

April 16, 2021

A new statistical port district that could become the largest inland port in the United States by freight tonnage has received preliminary approval but awaits a final review. Read More

River Museum Plans Fall Reopening Three Years After Devastating Fire James McCormick, executive director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Clark Learning Center, receives a check from the Robert and Louis Claflin Foundation from Stephen Littlepage as Gary Field, Dennis Brumfield, Point Pleasant Mayor Brian Billings and John Sang look on. (photo courtesy of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Lakin Ray Clark Learning Center)

River Museum Plans Fall Reopening Three Years After Devastating Fire

March 5, 2021

Nearly three years after an electrical fire destroyed the Point Pleasant River Museum in Point Pleasant, W.Va., construction is underway on a new museum that includes a state-of-the-art… Read More

Capt. Chad Fielder, Campbell Transportation Company Inc. Capt. Chad Fielder.

Capt. Chad Fielder, Campbell Transportation Company Inc.

February 12, 2021

Capt. Chad Fielder. When asked what he likes about being a towboat captain, Capt. Chad Fielder’s answer is “everything.” “I’ve met a lot of people,” he said. Read More

Flexibility, Adaptation Assist Wheeling Area River Businesses Empire Diversified Energy closed on a $26 million dock and wharf bond December 1. (Photo courtesy of Empire Diversified Energy)

Flexibility, Adaptation Assist Wheeling Area River Businesses

December 4, 2020

Businesses in and around Wheeling, W.Va., are finding cost-effective river transportation solutions for their needs, revitalizing an area once primarily known for coal production. Manufacturers in the region… Read More

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