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West Kentucky Port Board Seeks Potential Investors, Developers, Operators

March 11, 2024

The West Kentucky Regional Riverport Authority is looking for an investor, developer or operator that could help turn its board’s vision of a riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi… Read More

Study Considers Relocating Bridge Away From Cairo, Ill. Map of study area. (Courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)

Study Considers Relocating Bridge Away From Cairo, Ill.

December 8, 2023

Public comments are being sought on moving the planned location of a new Ohio River bridge that would replace the 1936 bridge connecting Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill. The Kentucky… Read More

Asian Carp Processor Projects Fisheries Park Growth Employees at Two Rivers Fisheries clean Asian carp in preparation for freezing it and shipping it overseas where it can be made into products for human consumption. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Employees at Two Rivers Fisheries clean Asian carp in preparation for freezing it and shipping it overseas where it can be made into products for human consumption. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Asian Carp Processor Projects Fisheries Park Growth

January 27, 2023

After delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic pressures that followed it, the International Fisheries Park in Wickliffe, Ky., broke ground earlier this month on one of several… Read More

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)

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge

June 5, 2020

Experienced river captains from several companies recently spent a week virtually piloting towboats through more than 100 different computer scenarios, testing alignments and pier placements for a new bridge just… Read More