Florida Marine Transporters LLC (FMT), one of the largest barge lines in the industry with a fleet of roughly 100 towboats and 1,000 barges homeported in Mandeville, La., has put… Read More
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The United States Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) both announced that shipbuilder Austal USA LLC has agreed to pay a $24 million civil penalty and… Read More
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s office announced $5.5 million in state investment in 16 public riverport projects August 26, all designed to enhance the ports’ economic activity and support future expansion. Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced grants totaling $90 million to 200-plus applicants under the Port Security Grant Program for fiscal year 2024. One of six competitive… Read More
A hundred years ago, Columbus, Ky., hugged the banks of the Mississippi River. Founded in 1804 as “Iron Banks” and renamed Columbus in 1820, the town was home to around… Read More
An estimated 12,000 people participated in the first Fête-Dieu du Mississippi, a two-day blessing of the Lower Mississippi River fleet held between Baton Rouge, La., and New Orleans August 14… Read More
With the recent passing of river historian Gerald “Jerry” Sutphin of Huntington, W.Va., the book he co-authored with Richard Andre in 1991, “Sternwheelers On The Great Kanawha River,” came to… Read More
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
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
