I was looking at the latest Waterways Journal and who jumps off the page, but my mentor Pete Merrill! It was great to read about his family and the great… Read More
WJ Editorial
The Waterways Journal advocates for policies, practices and regulations that allow the barge transportation industry to continue to operate in the safest and most economical way possible. We recognize those leaders who understand the inherent advantages of barge transport, and challenge those who push harmful policies.
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I was watching a crew change of barge workers from the towboat to the limo. The fresh crew: ready, willing and able. The crew that was relieved: happy time in… Read More
When Charlie Jones, president of Amherst Madison, died at the age of 101, he could look back on a river career with few parallels. During World War II, Jones served… Read More
James Buchanan Eads is remembered today mostly for his magnificent Eads Bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis. The world’s first triple steel-arch bridge, it was completed in 1874. Read More
While the effort to deepen the channel of the Lower Mississippi River gathers momentum, other channel-deepening efforts continue as well. Both Arkansas River and Red River interests are working on… Read More
At a recent maritime law seminar, a senior Coast Guard inspector made a candid admission: Coast Guard personnel often “freak out,” he said, when they are transferred from blue-water to… Read More
Among the graphics shown by Warren Preston, deputy chief economist of USDA, at a recent conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis focusing on agricultural market and supply chains, was… Read More
On September 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Department of the Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works R.D. James announced that the two agencies were repealing a… Read More
This issue of The Waterways Journal, with its theme of safety and environmental stewardship, shows a more expansive picture than usual of how the entire waterways community and its extended… Read More
On June 14, President Trump issued an executive order that didn’t receive as much media attention as, perhaps, it should have. Titled “Executive Order on Evaluating and Improving the Utility… Read More
