With the push of a button, a low hum sounded, and bubbles rose to the surface in a line crossing the width of Barkley Dam’s lock approach, from the… Read More
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New Orleans, La.-based Turn Services is in the midst of a major towboat fleet expansion, with three new vessels in service and three more soon to follow. Read More
A steamboat, the Mississippi River and moonshine. While it could be the premise of an adventure novel set during Prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s, those three… Read More
In July, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District awarded Great Lakes Dredge and Dock a $6,393,350 contract for the Boston Federal Navigation Project. Read More
A Halloween storm has dislodged a sunken iron scow barge that had been lodged in rapids above Niagara Falls for 101 years. According to the Niagara Parks website,… Read More
Murray Energy, the nation’s largest independent coal producer, filed for Chapter 11 protection October 29 after missing several rounds of payments to creditors. The company has entered into… Read More
Third in a line of government steamboats to carry the name, the Mississippi had a unique beginning. A new steel hull, built by the Howard Shipyard at Jeffersonville, Ind.,… Read More
Great recent article on a true river legend in our industry (“Pete Merrill: Still Surveying After 55 Years,” WJ, October 21). There are an infinite number of famous… Read More
Capt. Jerry Douglas “Doug” Gantt passed away from complications of diabetes November 1. He worked as a master towliner and towboat captain for seven renewals around the Texas… Read More
The Ecuadorian Administration of Guayas City has terminated a dredging contract it had signed last year with the Ecuadorian Navy Dredging Service (SERDRA). The project was to dredge the 389-kilometer… Read More
