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Dorena-Hickman, Cave-In-Rock Ferries Reopen As Water Recedes

March 9, 2020

Two western Kentucky ferry services have reopened as high water has receded. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry crossing the Mississippi River between Hickman, Ky., and Dorena, Mo., reopened at 3:30 p.m. March… Read More

NTSB: Company’s Failure To Follow TSMS Cause Of Sinking

February 24, 2020

“Having a Towing Safety Management System is no good unless you follow it.” Those words, or variants of them, have probably been spoken at every single meeting on Subchapter M… Read More

Family-Owned JAGCO Prides Itself On Quality, Service Jesse Ladd works on building an expansion joint inside JAGCO Industries on Old U.S. 45, south of Paducah. The small, family-owned company builds several products for the inland marine and other industries. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Jesse Ladd works on building an expansion joint inside JAGCO Industries on Old U.S. 45, south of Paducah. The small, family-owned company builds several products for the inland marine and other industries. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Family-Owned JAGCO Prides Itself On Quality, Service

February 24, 2020

In a time where a lot of parts for U.S. products are made in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, a five-person western Kentucky business is making marine, industrial and automotive… Read More

Dee Dee Whittaker Joins WJ Team In Paducah

February 24, 2020

Dee Dee Whittaker brings to her new assignment handling Waterways Journal advertising accounts in the Southeast region a formidable background in sales. A Paducah native, Whittaker worked in Atlanta and… Read More

Asian Carp Seminar Presents Info On Eradication Efforts

Silver carp jump on the Cumberland River just below Barkley Dam during a Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources electrofishing expedition in July 2019. Electrofishing typically stuns fish for a few seconds before they regain mobility and swim away, but silver carp are known to jump from the water when startled by the electrical current. The electrofishing is one of a variety of ways KDFWR is trying to remove the invasive carp that can pose dangers for people and equipment.

Asian Carp Seminar Presents Info On Eradication Efforts

January 24, 2020

The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) has increased staff and is employing innovative new methods to try to reduce the number of Asian carp already in the… Read More

Nine Projects Receive Marine Highway Grants A crane lifts a container into a barge at the Paducah Riverport. A recent marine highways grant the port received is for the purchase or lease of equipment as an initial step toward beginning regularly scheduled container on barge service between Paducah and Baton Rouge, La. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

A crane lifts a container into a barge at the Paducah Riverport. A recent marine highways grant the port received is for the purchase or lease of equipment as an initial step toward beginning regularly scheduled container on barge service between Paducah and Baton Rouge, La. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Nine Projects Receive Marine Highway Grants

January 10, 2020

New Paducah–Baton Rouge Project To Receive $480,000 Grant money from the Maritime Administration’s America’s Marine Highway Program will help fund more than $7.5 million for nine projects, including one between… Read More

CG: Operator Falling Asleep Caused Yacht Club Allision

December 20, 2019

A Coast Guard investigation has determined a “mate on-watch” falling asleep at the controls caused a tow to hit a Cincinnati-area floating restaurant and marina. The allision between the towing… Read More

Dorena-Hickman Ferry Reopens

November 27, 2019

The Dorena-Hickman Ferry, running between Dorena, Mo., and Hickman, Ky., resumed operations November 16 after replacing its rudder, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced. Tammy Hutchinson, executive director of the ferry,… Read More

Nautical Handrail System Designed For Safety Dan Walsh of G&C Multi-Services quickly assembles the positioner on the AOI handrail system. (Photo by Clint Conway/G&C Multi-Services)

Dan Walsh of G&C Multi-Services quickly assembles the positioner on the AOI handrail system. (Photo by Clint Conway/G&C Multi-Services)

Nautical Handrail System Designed For Safety

November 19, 2019

G&C Multi-Services of Paduach, Ky., is marketing a nautical handrail system with one goal: to aid safety on the river. The company recently announced the patent-protected system, which doesn’t yet… Read More

Small Grocery Stays Afloat With Towboat Customers The Village Market & Cafe in Grand Rivers, Ky.

Small Grocery Stays Afloat With Towboat Customers

November 18, 2019

In 1938, J.L DeWeese Sr. opened J.L. DeWeese & Son Grocery in the quaint little village of Grand Rivers situated between the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in Kentucky. This was… Read More