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Living With And Containing Invasive Carp WJ Editorial

Living With And Containing Invasive Carp

January 27, 2023

This issue of The Waterways Journal includes two important stories about invasive carp. One story details how businesses in Wickliffe, Ky., are betting on the continued presence of carp as… Read More

Device Designed To Save Lives In Overboard Emergency Anti-Crushing Device can withstand compression of up to 60,000 pounds. (Photo courtesy of Anti-Crushing Device LLC)

Anti-Crushing Device can withstand compression of up to 60,000 pounds. (Photo courtesy of Anti-Crushing Device LLC)

Device Designed To Save Lives In Overboard Emergency

November 19, 2021

The Anti-Crushing Device is designed to buy life-saving time when a mariner goes overboard. Manufactured by Anti-Crushing Device LLC out of Wickliffe, Ky., the 45-pound cube with handle and attached… Read More

O.H. Ingram Whiskey Is Aged In Barge Rickhouse O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey is aged in charred oak barrels within a floating rickhouse housed in a barge just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. (Photo courtesy of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey)

O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey is aged in charred oak barrels within a floating rickhouse housed in a barge just below the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. (Photo courtesy of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey)

O.H. Ingram Whiskey Is Aged In Barge Rickhouse

January 8, 2021

Whiskey aged in a floating rickhouse on the Mississippi River and with a towboat prominently featured on its label has hit the shelves, with a bourbon to follow later this… Read More

Plans Move Forward For Ports In Cairo, West Kentucky

December 18, 2020

Port projects near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in southern Illinois and western Kentucky are moving forward, with the Illinois project expected to break ground as soon… Read More

Survey Seeks Input On New Bridge At Cairo, Ill. A screenshot of the www.US51bridge.com website includes the existing Ohio River bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill. In the distance is the bridge over the Mississippi River between Cairo and Bird’s Point, Mo.

A screenshot of the www.US51bridge.com website includes the existing Ohio River bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill. In the distance is the bridge over the Mississippi River between Cairo and Bird’s Point, Mo.

Survey Seeks Input On New Bridge At Cairo, Ill.

October 23, 2020

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is asking for feedback on its proposals for a new U.S. 51/60/62 bridge over the Ohio River at River Mile 980.4, just upstream of its… Read More

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project

September 4, 2020

Four western Kentucky counties have joined forces with hopes to build a riverport just south of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of their economic revitalization… Read More

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge Ingram Barge Company Capt. Joseph Eubanks, piloting a Seamen’s Church Institute towboat simulator, is downbound toward the piers of a new U.S. 51 bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cairo, Ill., and Wickliffe, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Ingram Barge Company Capt. Joseph Eubanks, piloting a Seamen’s Church Institute towboat simulator, is downbound toward the piers of a new U.S. 51 bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cairo, Ill., and Wickliffe, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Wickliffe

Living With And Containing Invasive Carp

Device Designed To Save Lives In Overboard Emergency

O.H. Ingram Whiskey Is Aged In Barge Rickhouse

Plans Move Forward For Ports In Cairo, West Kentucky

Survey Seeks Input On New Bridge At Cairo, Ill.

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge

Coronavirus Delays Chinese Investors’ Visit To Kentucky Fisheries Park

Charred Towboat Taken North For Drydock Repairs