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Hamm’s Buys Trumbull Fleet, Assets Wesley James Hamm, a fleet boat operated by Hamm’s Harbor and Fleeting Service of Chillicothe, Ill. (Photo courtesy of Hamm’s Harbor Service and Fleeting)

Wesley James Hamm, a fleet boat operated by Hamm’s Harbor and Fleeting Service of Chillicothe, Ill. (Photo courtesy of Hamm’s Harbor Service and Fleeting)

Hamm’s Buys Trumbull Fleet, Assets

April 16, 2026

Trumbull River Services was established in Lacon, Illinois, by Ed and Ann Trumbull in 1973. The harbor and fleeting business had operated on the Illinois River at Lacon, serving… Read More

People-Focused Turn Services Goes From Strength To Strength Turn Services Chief Operating Officer Lucian Lott instituted regular deckhand meetings to give them a complete picture of the company’s operations. (Photos courtesy of Turn Services)

Turn Services Chief Operating Officer Lucian Lott instituted regular deckhand meetings to give them a complete picture of the company’s operations. (Photos courtesy of Turn Services)

People-Focused Turn Services Goes From Strength To Strength

April 16, 2026

“We’re just getting started,” Turn Services’ website landing page proclaims. “From our start in 1990 with a single barge fleet at Burnside, La., to today’s fleet of pushboats and… Read More

Documentation, Inspections Strengthen Fleet Safety

April 16, 2026

For fleet operators, routine inspections and independent surveys can be easy to postpone when day-to-day demands keep towboats moving and fleeting areas full. But Jeff Vogrin of TowEx Maritime… Read More

Moon Mission Begins On Inland Rivers The mv. Luke Burton tows NASA’s Pegasus Barge on the Lower Mississippi River. (Photo by Hold My Boat, LLC)

Moon Mission Begins On Inland Rivers

April 16, 2026

Some of the technology that recently brought four astronauts around the moon and back as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission first took a very different ride – pushed… Read More

C&B Enterprises Diversifies, Expands HQ C&B handles the first coil grab at Nucor Gallatin’s high wall dock using a Sennebogen material handler equipped for steel handling. (Photos courtesy of C&B Enterprises)

C&B handles the first coil grab at Nucor Gallatin’s high wall dock using a Sennebogen material handler equipped for steel handling. (Photos courtesy of C&B Enterprises)

C&B Enterprises Diversifies, Expands HQ

April 16, 2026

C&B Enterprises has repositioned itself over the past five years from a traditional inland marine operator into a vertically integrated maritime logistics and construction company. That shift — driven… Read More

Vulcan Materials Christens The Mv. Larry Gravely Vulcan Materials christened the mv. Larry Gravely on April 3, welcoming its first ever new build vessel. (Photos courtesy of Vulcan Materials)

Vulcan Materials christened the mv. Larry Gravely on April 3, welcoming its first ever new build vessel. (Photos courtesy of Vulcan Materials)

Vulcan Materials Christens The Mv. Larry Gravely

April 16, 2026

Vulcan Materials, a construction aggregates company based in Birmingham, Ala., christened the new mv. Larry Gravely on April 3 in a ceremony held at the company’s shipyard in Norfolk,… Read More

A Treasured Scrapbook Inspired Some Research Str. Margaret in1915. Unknown location or photographer. (Photo courtesy of Capt. Bill Judd )

The Waterways Journal

Hamm’s Buys Trumbull Fleet, Assets

People-Focused Turn Services Goes From Strength To Strength

Documentation, Inspections Strengthen Fleet Safety

Moon Mission Begins On Inland Rivers

C&B Enterprises Diversifies, Expands HQ

Vulcan Materials Christens The Mv. Larry Gravely

A Treasured Scrapbook Inspired Some Research

Corps Seeks Input On Restoring Navigation To Georgia Waterway

Port Of Little Rock Purchases 42 Acres For Expansion

Let’s Restore The Entire Maritime System