Campbell Transportation Company, a Pittsburgh-based inland marine transportation and services company, has announced the promotion of Kyle Buese to president and chief executive officer. Peter Stephaich, who previously served as… Read More
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The Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh dated back to 1890 and was involved in industrial construction. About 1917, the firm began building floating marine equipment and towboats at a Neville… Read More
The Dravo Contracting Company was justifiably proud of the towboat Wm. Penn that the company had built for the Dravo subsidiary Union Barge Line (UBL) in 1940. In the September… Read More
Three barges remain pinned against two Upper Ohio River dams, but a sunken one has been removed. The barges, two lodged against Emsworth Locks and Dam and one against Dashields… Read More
A bill changing the makeup of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission has been signed into law. The bill, Act 161 of 2022, reduces the commission from 16 members to 13. Read More
Ninety high school juniors and seniors from seven different schools learned about the river system and enjoyed a boat ride as part of the Who Works The Rivers event. The… Read More
In this age of mandates, the one mandate that meant the most when Campbell Transportation Company held a christening ceremony in Pittsburgh recently was seemingly “to have a little fun,”… Read More
The American Bridge Company at Ambridge, Pa., constructed, in 1927, a steel hull measuring 169.8 feet long, 38.9 feet wide and having a depth of 6.5 feet for the Carnegie… Read More
Companies in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area are looking to move fracking wastewater by barge. A $485,000 grant awarded to Guttman Realty Company from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic… Read More
A recent analysis by the Port of Pittsburgh Commission shows the port is directly or indirectly responsible for labor income of $5.5 billion. The economic impact study, titled, “The Port… Read More
