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Thordon: Emergency Seal Prevents Towboat From Sinking New TG100 seal installed on the Jennifer S.

Thordon: Emergency Seal Prevents Towboat From Sinking

May 19, 2020

Thordon Bearings Inc. reports that the safe-return-to-port function of the company’s TG100 emergency shaft seal prevented an Ohio River towboat from sinking following a catastrophic shaft failure. On the evening… Read More

Corn Island Shipyard Began As A Coal Dock 464-foot ATB Bulk Cargo Barge for Express Marine Inc. on the launchway at Corn Island Shipyard. (Photo courtesy of Corn Island Shipyard)

464-foot ATB Bulk Cargo Barge for Express Marine Inc. on the launchway at Corn Island Shipyard. (Photo courtesy of Corn Island Shipyard)

Corn Island Shipyard Began As A Coal Dock

May 15, 2020

What are now two shipyards, located some seven miles apart on the Ohio River, began over 50 years ago as a father-son operation centered around a single coal dock. Thus,… Read More

DeepRock Disposal Solutions Seeks To Build Well Waste Transfer Facility

April 20, 2020

DeepRock Disposal Solutions LLC plans to build a barge offloading facility on the Ohio River in Marietta, Ohio. The facility would transfer traditional well waste to existing upland storage tanks,… Read More

Watco Upsizes Sennebogen At Cincinnati Salt Terminal The hydraulic cab of the new machine can move forward and back to allow a better view into the barge hold. (Photo courtesy of Sennebogen)

The hydraulic cab of the new machine can move forward and back to allow a better view into the barge hold. (Photo courtesy of Sennebogen)

Watco Upsizes Sennebogen At Cincinnati Salt Terminal

April 20, 2020

Recent upgrades to the conveyor system at Watco’s barge terminal in Cincinnati led to the long-awaited replacement of the port’s Sennebogen 870 material handler. “There was nothing left of it,”… Read More

Industrial Park Seeks To Build Barge Loading/Unloading Facility At Ohio Mile 88

April 19, 2020

The owner of an industrial park along the Ohio River plans to build a barge loading and unloading facility. 4K Industrial Park LLC applied March 31 for a Department of… Read More

Busatto Carries On Family’s Rich River Tradition Brad Busatto on the mv. Marne B, which Industry Terminal & Salvage Company converted to a fixed-pilothouse towboat from a retractable.

Brad Busatto on the mv. Marne B, which Industry Terminal & Salvage Company converted to a fixed-pilothouse towboat from a retractable.

Busatto Carries On Family’s Rich River Tradition

April 17, 2020

The Manitowoc 230-ton crane Brad Busatto purchased recently—as part of a derrick boat he is in the process of assembling—bears little resemblance to the one he manned as a high… Read More

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat

April 10, 2020

The Louisville Engineer District is looking for a home for a historic, steam-powered maneuvering boat. LD 559 was put in service in 1938 as a maneuvering boat at Lock 52,… Read More

Cave-In-Rock Ferry Reopens On Lower Ohio

April 5, 2020

Floodwaters on the Ohio River dropped enough so a ferry connecting Kentucky and Illinois has been able to resume service. The Cave-in-Rock Ferry reopened at 6 a.m. April 1. It… Read More

Fountain Quail Energy Services To Build Barge Unloading Facility At Portland, Ohio

March 23, 2020

Fountain Quail Energy Services LLC of Irving, Texas, plans to construct and operate a barge unloading facility along the Ohio River in Portland, Ohio. The company has requested Department of… Read More

Olmsted Project Wins Major Engineering Award The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

Olmsted Project Wins Major Engineering Award

March 23, 2020

The Olmsted Locks and Dam project has received a national award as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ top 10 outstanding engineering projects. Officials representing the Louisville Engineer… Read More