From Federal Barge Line and St. Louis’ crowded barge scene to deregulation, single-sideband radio and AI, three shoreside veterans reflected on five decades of inland change. Mark Mayfield, Stephen Rauch… Read More
WJ Talk
Harrison Crabtree, executive director of World Trade Center New Orleans, joined David Murray, senior editor of The Waterways Journal, for a WJ Talk conversation about Louisiana’s role in… Read More
From landing his first job at 14 to coming out of retirement just last year to work for Turn Services, Dan Price has a great story. Watch along as Waterways… Read More
A wave of AI-generated “deepfake” videos about the Mississippi River has been circulating online—videos that claim, among other things, that the river is “losing water,” that agencies… Read More
Included in this issue of The Waterways Journal, as promised, is a story about a deepfake video that some of our readers may have already seen. This video and others… Read More
The Waterways Journal has launched a monthly podcast interview series called WJ Talk. The conversations feature Frank McCormack, editor of The Waterways Journal, and other WJ contributors in conversation with… Read More
Waterways Journal editor Frank McCormack speaks with Waterways Council Inc. VP Paul Rohde about effective advocacy, the Capital Investment Strategy, major lock and dam projects, maintenance backlogs, cost overruns, and… Read More
Waterways Journal editor Frank McCormack is joined by Sean Duffy (Big River Coalition LLC) and Ken Eriksen (Polaris Analytics & Consulting) to break down a new economic impact study on… Read More
Captain David Smith, the voice behind Waterways Journal’s “Old Boat” column, joins Frank McCormack to talk about growing up on the river, mentors in the wheelhouse, historic boat preservation, and… Read More
Ken Eriksen of Polaris Analytics & Consulting joins Frank McCormack to discuss the barge fleet survey, commodities reporting, and how low water, freight rates, and basis ripple through inland navigation… Read More
