Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., has signed a contract with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to construct an ice-breaking, all-welded-steel, double-screw tug to operate in seasonal ice near the entrance… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The Rock Island Engineer District has begun a two-year project to repair the lower guidewall at Upper Mississippi Lock and Dam 15, adjacent to the Rock Island Arsenal and Government… Read More
The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its formation in conjunction with its fall plenary meeting scheduled November 27–29. “Since its initial meeting in… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., delivered the Terrell Horne, the 31st Fast Response Cutter (FRC), to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on October 25 in Key West,… Read More
Water/Ways, a traveling exhibit of The Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program, is in the midst of a southern tour, with stops in both Louisiana and Mississippi. The exhibition… Read More
American Queen Steamboat Company announced November 12 a definitive agreement to acquire the Victory I and sister ship Victory II from Sunstone Ships Inc., as well as the Victory brand. … Read More
In September 1970, I bought a sternwheel towboat from Maysville Sand & Gravel in Maysville, Ky. This boat was called the mv. Glenda H, and they had owned the boat… Read More
MobileOps Inc., Woodinville, Wash., has recently signed a term contract with Crounse Corporation, Paducah, Ky. Crounse Corporation provides full-service barge transportation as well as harbor and fleeting services. MobileOps said… Read More
Kirby Corporation announced November 12 that it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of CGBM 100, LLC’s inland marine tank barge fleet for an undisclosed amount. Under the… Read More
Fuji Vegetable Oil Inc. broke ground November 2 on what will become a food processing, storage and distribution complex on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish,… Read More
