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Land Sales Flow Throughout Ohio River Corridor

January 24, 2022

By Bryce Custer, SIOR, CCIM NAI Spring Commercial Real Estate Logistics pricing and supply chain challenges due to COVID have increased awareness of shipping materials by the inland waterways and… Read More

It Is Still Slow Cooker Season Slow cooker beef roast with mushroom gravy.

It Is Still Slow Cooker Season

January 24, 2022

Slow Cooker Beef Roast with Mushroom Gravy (pictured above) Ingredients: 1 large, sweet onion chopped in pieces 1 beef sirloin roast (3-4 pounds) 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon ground… Read More

‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Works At Alabama Shipyard For A Day Mike Rowe and Master Boat Builders President Garrett Rice. (Screen capture from

‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Works At Alabama Shipyard For A Day

January 21, 2022

Over the past 20 years, he’s been a pig farmer, sewer inspector, a shrimper, a casino food recycler, a well digger, a bridge painter, a wind farm technician, a high-rise… Read More

RocketShip Pilots Train On New SCI Simulator Model The R/S RocketShip transports Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy boosters, second stages and payload fairings for United Launch Alliance (ULA) to be used in the space program. (Photo courtesy of Seamen’s Church Institute)

The R/S RocketShip transports Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy boosters, second stages and payload fairings for United Launch Alliance (ULA) to be used in the space program. (Photo courtesy of Seamen’s Church Institute)

RocketShip Pilots Train On New SCI Simulator Model

January 21, 2022

Crowds who watch the launch of spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center or gathered in front of their TVs likely have no idea that for the past 22 years it has… Read More

Louisiana Students Take Mississippi River Field Trip From left: Ky Robillard, 6th grader. Louisiana Key Academy, Baton Rouge; Jamaree Washington, 9th grader, Franklin Senior High School, Franklin; Jordan Savoy, 9th grader, Lafayette High School, Lafayette; Joseph Mitchell, 8th grader, Iberia Middle School, New Iberia; and Gabrielle Adams, 8th grader, Louisiana Key Academy, Baton Rouge.

From left: Ky Robillard, 6th grader. Louisiana Key Academy, Baton Rouge; Jamaree Washington, 9th grader, Franklin Senior High School, Franklin; Jordan Savoy, 9th grader, Lafayette High School, Lafayette; Joseph Mitchell, 8th grader, Iberia Middle School, New Iberia; and Gabrielle Adams, 8th grader, Louisiana Key Academy, Baton Rouge.

Louisiana Students Take Mississippi River Field Trip

January 15, 2022

Dozens of South Louisiana middle and high school students eager to learn about careers in the maritime industry enjoyed a cool, windy day on the mighty Mississippi River in St. Read More

Chapman Retires After Productive Operations Career The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

Chapman Retires After Productive Operations Career

January 7, 2022

Bill Chapman could have retired years ago, but he wasn’t done making a difference. Chapman, 62, of Crestwood, Ky., said before he left his job as chief of operations and… Read More

Waterways Journal Photo Highlights Of 2021

December 30, 2021

This slideshow contains some of our favorite photos from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2021. Please click on the arrow below to begin. … This content is… Read More

Ingram’s Christmas Parade Float Pays Tribute To Mariners Ingram Barge Line employees did the metalwork for the 22-foot towboat float, which is mounted on a trailer, at their Columbus, Ky. facility. They added artificial snow and smoke coming from the stacks this year. (photo courtesy of Ingram Barge Company)

Ingram Barge Line employees did the metalwork for the 22-foot towboat float, which is mounted on a trailer, at their Columbus, Ky. facility. They added artificial snow and smoke coming from the stacks this year. (photo courtesy of Ingram Barge Company)

Ingram’s Christmas Parade Float Pays Tribute To Mariners

December 20, 2021

Ingram Barge Company’s newest towboat rolled down the streets of Paducah, Ky., crewed with children and equipped with artificial snow, twinkling lights and Christmas music. The 22-foot boat, bearing the… Read More

Keep The Christmas Spirit Floating On Your Vessel! Christmas butter cookies.

Keep The Christmas Spirit Floating On Your Vessel!

December 20, 2021

To all the river friends and family, put your faith in the Lord, and live another day. When you’re on the tow working in the ice and snow, and mother… Read More

2021: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events Caption for photo: The Lower Monongahela River Project reached a major milestone in September when Charleroi Lock was dewatered. The Pittsburgh Engineer District had finished building the new lock chamber walls and emptied it of 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanized inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michael Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Caption for photo: The Lower Monongahela River Project reached a major milestone in September when Charleroi Lock was dewatered. The Pittsburgh Engineer District had finished building the new lock chamber walls and emptied it of 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanized inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michael Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

2021: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events

December 17, 2021

The year 2021 was a dramatic year in infrastructure developments, with much of the action turning on efforts by the administration of incoming President Joe Biden to overturn or reverse… Read More