For employees in the United States, the median tenure with their current employer stood at 4.1 years in 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That’s down from… Read More
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The 119th annual Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) Seminar met in New Orleans August 7-10 with a packed agenda that tackled everything from project funding at the national level down… Read More
One of the oddest towboats ever to grace the Mississippi River system was a vessel named Pioneer. Not the Dravo-built, single screw of 1934 (The Waterways Journal, March 23, 2022)… Read More
Inspecting means different things to various people. According to Merriam-Webster, inspecting means “to view closely in critical appraisal or to examine officially.” Building, electrical and plumbing inspectors assure what is… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released details of its investigation into the September 12, 2023, allision between the mv. John 3:16 and an industrial cargo pier on the… Read More
During an August 19 public meeting of the Mississippi River Commission in New Madrid, Mo., navigation interests warned about the likelihood of a third year in a row of extreme… Read More
Representatives from national publications and Chattanooga, Tenn., media outlets gathered at Chickamauga Lock at Mile 471 of the Tennessee River August 19 both to tour the old lock, which opened… Read More
Kirby Inland Marine (Kirby) christened the mv. Green Diamond, said to be the nation’s first hybrid-electric towboat, on August 25, 2023, in a festive ceremony at the company’s Old River… Read More
Forty-eight years ago, Royce Wilken, after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in agricultural business, went to work for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Over his first 19… Read More
Engine manufacturers have long displayed large front cover ads in The Waterways Journal. Diesel engine ads came to prominence in the 1920s, and throughout that decade it was almost certain… Read More
