On Valentine’s Day this year, BB Riverboats purchased a barge that will serve as its new dock facility for its Covington, Ky., passenger vessel operations. The sale was brokered by… Read More
Cincinnati
Nine decades ago, on July 24, 1928, the old river tradition of steamboat racing was revived at Cincinnati, Ohio. Tens of thousands of cheering spectators lined the banks of the… Read More
The newest ferry to cross the Ohio River was christened and its new name was revealed at a ceremony on July 12. The ferry won’t be in service until its… Read More
A new ferry service crossing the Ohio River between Rising Sun, Ind., and Rabbit Hash, Ky., could begin service in late July. The 10-car ferry barge and the boat to… Read More
Don McNeill, strategic growth manager for Caterpillar Inc.’s Earthmoving Division and the director of the Natural Infrastructure Initiative (NII), presented an overview of NII and Caterpillar’s role in restoring and… Read More
Record-setting rains in the central and upper Midwest in the third week of February combined with melting snowpack to produce sudden and dramatic flooding across an arc from northern Louisiana… Read More
Numerous Ohio River news outlets reported a December 19 barge leak on the river. Two months later, the barge owner, Southern Towing from Memphis, Tenn., has been issued three violations… Read More
The disastrous winter exactly 100 years ago was a perfect storm involving weather, politics and war. Nowhere in the United States was it more damaging than on the Ohio River… Read More
Cincinnati Barge & Rail Terminal LLC (CBRT) celebrated its new material handler October 4 with a lunch and open house event. The party, which attracted approximately 150 guests, was co-hosted… Read More
