Joe Starck is president of The Great Lakes Towing Company, a role he has held since January 2014. The Great Lakes Towing Company, commonly called “the Towing Company” across the… Read More
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Although Vanta E. Coda II became CEO of the Ports of Indiana four years ago, his background includes more than 25 years of marine and multimodal experience on both the… Read More
Whether it’s the river system or the Great Lakes, navigation is all about connection, said Joe Savage, programs director for the Corps of Engineer’s Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. Read More
As on the inland waterways, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, essential workers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway kept on working. They navigated their way through new restrictions… Read More
The Brandon Road Interbasin Project, a complex, layered barrier against Asian carp that will use several different carp-deterring technologies to keep Asian carp from migrating from the Illinois Waterway to… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Top congressional Democrats have marked July as their infrastructure month with action expected on both a trillion-dollar bipartisan bill and a much larger budget reconciliation package to be passed… Read More
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., announced March 24 it had delivered a 240- by 60- by 14-foot deck barge to Ashton Marine LLC, a marine transportation company based in Muskegon,… Read More
The governors of Illinois and Michigan have agreed to work jointly to move forward with installing technology at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois River to help prevent… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Top leaders from both sides of the U.S. Capitol remained optimistic they will reach a full-year funding deal for the government as members of the waterways industry hope for… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump signed into law a stopgap spending bill to keep federal agencies funded through December 11 and avoid a government shutdown. With only hours left in fiscal… Read More
