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Hines Furlong To Acquire Campbell Transportation’s River Division

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc. (HFL) announced December 3 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the river division of Campbell Transportation Company (CTC). The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions. The acquisition is designed to bring together two organi...

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Prioritize Funding Over Short-Term Fixes

In just the past few years, the barge industry has had to contend with a number of unscheduled lock and dam closures, including those at Wilson Lock, Holt Lock and Demopolis Lock in Alabama.

It also faced what could have been a monthslong extended closure at Lockport Lock on the Illinois Water...

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A Towboat Master, An Executive Order And A Suspended License

There is much in the news these days regarding presidential or executive orders. Five score and 18 years ago (118 years), an incident occurred during a steamboat parade down the Mississippi River that resulted in the master of one of the vessels facing a hearing before the local steamboat inspectors. His license was then suspended from what was essentially an order by the...

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Washington Waves: Waterway News From D.C.

November 26, 2025 Setting aside customary bipartisanship, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) unveiled his own version of an Energy and Water spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2026, an important measure for the waterways industry. With its proposed 1.1 percent cut in spending, Kennedy said his measure so far is the only FY 2026 appropriations bill that actually reduces ...

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Belle Of Louisville Crew Designates ‘Morgan’s Landing’

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names may not recognize Morgan’s Landing on the Ohio River as a place, but the people at Belle of Louisville Riverboats do. When the Belle of Louisville tied up at Roger Morgan’s house the evening of October 15, it was the second time the boat had done so since 2020. In 2020, the Belle was on its way to Amherst Madison at Gallipolis, Ohio, fo...

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