The packet Kentucky, built at Madison, Ind., in 1907, holds the distinction of having earned what is possibly the most caustic description of a vessel by Capt. Frederick Way Jr. Read More
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Waterway stakeholders from across the Gulf Coast region gathered in New Orleans May 26 at the Port of New Orleans’ headquarters to discuss the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season forecast from… Read More
Massman Construction Company has won the prestigious Build America award given by the Associated General Contractors of America for its rehab work on Locks 24 and 25 on the Mississippi… Read More
Richard “Dick” Dunbar, 84, who created the website Dick’s Towboat Gallery to share photographs of towboats, died January 20. He began the site as a hobby to display his own… Read More
Phillips 66 announced November 8 that due to damage from Hurricane Ida, it plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., to a terminal facility. The conversion is… Read More
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
The Port of Iberia, located north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) along the central Louisiana coast, is soliciting bids for the Acadiana to the Gulf of Mexico Access Channel… Read More
Wepfer Marine has announced that it will christen the mv. Peanut Hollinger June 23 at the Paducah, Ky., riverfront. The new name will honor W.A. “Peanut” Hollinger, a storied riverman… Read More
The Coast Guard has reopened the Lower Mississippi River in the vicinity of the fractured Hernando de Soto Bridge in Memphis, Tenn., allowing a queue of vessels and barges to move beneath the bridge. As of… Read More
The Port of Kimmswick. Mo., official homeport of the Delta Queen, has completed its new boat landing dock, according to Neal Breitweiser, executive director of the Jefferson County Port Authority. Read More
