Recruiting the next generation of leaders into the maritime industry is a challenge facing every company, from operators and stevedores to suppliers and surveyors. For Sabine Surveyors Ltd., headquartered in… Read More
Features
Stories on some of the unique and colorful people who populate the barge industry. Human-interest articles on companies and individuals who make a difference in people’s lives, all while keeping the boats and barges moving.
On the last day of 2019, a special task force in Missouri released its interim report on recommendations for recovering from the floods of 2019 and strengthening the state’s levees… Read More
Chad Chrisco, Memphis Engineer District Physical Support Branch marine facilities specialist, was recently awarded the Director of Army Safety Risk Management Safety Award for his efforts during Ensley Engineer Yard… Read More
“Steamboat a-coming!” The call echoed through Mr. Martin’s theater classroom at the upper campus of Lusher Charter School in New Orleans, La. Matt Hahne, vice president of USI Insurance Services,… Read More
Easy to laugh, Jim “Goat” Patterson is known for hearty outbursts that can spill over into the next room or fill a convention center, as one might expect from a… Read More
See the slideshow below for some of our favorite pictures from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2019. (Also, check out our Annual Review of Waterway Events.) …… Read More
The two top stories of 2019 were both carry-overs from 2018. A cascading series of devastating spring floods affected every river system. Dozens of flood records were set or broken,… Read More
The last of the Vietnam War-era fast patrol boats is seeking a new home in Paducah, Kentucky, for use training chaplains and sea scouts. Seamen’s Church Institute senior river chaplain… Read More
In 1938, J.L DeWeese Sr. opened J.L. DeWeese & Son Grocery in the quaint little village of Grand Rivers situated between the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in Kentucky. This was… Read More
ERL/Law Valve of Texas hosted its annual open house October 24 at the company’s headquarters in Channelview, Texas. The popular event each year welcomes customers, vendors and industry representatives to… Read More
