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Paducah Port Director Announces Retirement Tim Cahill

Paducah Port Director Announces Retirement

August 2, 2024

After four years as executive director of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority, Tim Cahill is announcing his retirement. Cahill, 67, intends to stay on until the port authority’s board selects… Read More

Industry Terminal & Salvage Adds Railyard For Loading Barges A barge is filled from a railcar at the ITS Leetsdale facility, Ohio River Mile 14, in Leetsdale, Pa. Industry Terminal & Salvage Company purchased the 30-year-old railyard, formerly Mol-Dok, in May. (Photo courtesy of Industry Terminal & Salvage Company)

A barge is filled from a railcar at the ITS Leetsdale facility, Ohio River Mile 14, in Leetsdale, Pa. Industry Terminal & Salvage Company purchased the 30-year-old railyard, formerly Mol-Dok, in May. (Photo courtesy of Industry Terminal & Salvage Company)

Industry Terminal & Salvage Adds Railyard For Loading Barges

August 2, 2024

Industry Terminal & Salvage Company’s purchase of a new railyard means new opportunities for its barge customers. The company purchased the former Mol-Dok in Leetsdale, Pa., in May following its… Read More

New Funding Announced For I-55 Bridge An illustration of one of the I-55 bridge designs under consideration. (Photo courtesy of the Tennessee Department of Transportation)

An illustration of one of the I-55 bridge designs under consideration. (Photo courtesy of the Tennessee Department of Transportation)

New Funding Announced For I-55 Bridge

August 2, 2024

The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation have jointly secured $393 million in federal funds to build a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, to be… Read More

Dredge Jadwin Receives WEDA Safety Award The Dredge Jadwin in February 1938. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digitial Library)

Dredge Jadwin Receives WEDA Safety Award

August 2, 2024

The Corps of Engineers Dredge Jadwin, its crew and its owners—the Vicksburg Engineer District—has been awarded the 2024 Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Annual Safety Excellence Award for a “dredging stakeholder.”… Read More

40 Under 40 Awards: Scafidi, Schimpf, Spencer, Staines The Waterways Journal is featuring recipients of this year’s 40 Under 40 award. This week we recognize Lee “Max” Scafidi, Meghan Marshall Schimpf, Khouri Spencer and David Staines.

The Waterways Journal is featuring recipients of this year’s 40 Under 40 award. This week we recognize Lee “Max” Scafidi, Meghan Marshall Schimpf, Khouri Spencer and David Staines.

40 Under 40 Awards: Scafidi, Schimpf, Spencer, Staines

August 2, 2024

For the seventh year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders were honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions… Read More

Bergeron Receives WEDA Lifetime Achievement Award Ray Bergeron, center, receives the WEDA 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award during the association’s 2024 Dredging Summit and Expo. With him are Matt Binsfeld (left), president of WEDA, and Ken Humanic, who presented the award. (Photo by Judith Powers)

Ray Bergeron, center, receives the WEDA 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award during the association’s 2024 Dredging Summit and Expo. With him are Matt Binsfeld (left), president of WEDA, and Ken Humanic, who presented the award. (Photo by Judith Powers)

Bergeron Receives WEDA Lifetime Achievement Award

August 2, 2024

For Ray Bergeron, what started as a summer job during college grew into a career that has spanned more than 60 years. Bergeron, 80, of Trenton, Mich., founded Cable Arm,… Read More

The Str. Jason: End of an Era The Jason in Union Barge Line service. (From author’s collection)

The Str. Jason: End of an Era

August 2, 2024

In the July 22 and July 29 issues of The Waterways Journal, this column detailed the innovative new diesel towboats Wm. Penn and Ductillite that Dravo built in 1940. At… Read More

Washington Waves for August 5, 2024

August 2, 2024

Washington, D.C.—Crediting efforts by the Biden-Harris Administration, the White House announced new private sector investments in American maritime industries. In a fact sheet, the administration said it is committed to… Read More

Radical New Design From Dravo A shipyard glamour shot at Dravo Neville Island, taken September 23, 1940. (Dravo photo from the author’s collection)

Radical New Design From Dravo

July 26, 2024

In late 1939, a brief announcement was made in The Waterways Journal and other publications that Dravo Contracting Company was working on designs for a towboat that would be much… Read More

Washington Waves for July 29, 2024

July 26, 2024

Washington, D.C.—The House overwhelmingly approved its version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 that authorizes 161 new feasibility studies for locally proposed projects and 12 projects that… Read More