The Waterways Journal

“I was impressed by how many people wanted to get involved,” Brandon Phillips told The Waterways Journal. He was speaking about his experience at the American School Counselor Association’s annual meeting at New Orleans in July. Philips is a compliance and personnel manager at Riverview Tug Service and a board member of We Work the Waterways. WWW executive directo...

The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) held its 2026 Low Water Inspection Trip last week, hosting listening sessions in four cities. It was the second of the MRC’s two annual meetings, with high-water conditions evaluated during the spring meeting.

Established by Congress in 1879, the MRC is charged with developing plans to improve the condition of the Mississippi Rive...

Despite the midsummer heat, there was a festive atmosphere August 8 at ARTCo’s St. Louis riverfront facility at First Street in south St. Louis as the company christened the newly refurbished George A. Archer, the former mv. Andrew Cargill MacMillan.

ARTCo made the event into an open house for employees of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), of which ARTCo is the rive...

In recent columns, we have looked at radical new designs for barges and then a towboat. This column will again detail a vessel that was designed with the idea of changing how things were done on the Mississippi River system.

Capt. Alexander McDougall was born in 1845 on the Isle of Islay in Scotland and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1854. At age 16, he...

President Donald Trump released a presidential memorandum on August 13 meant to boost shipbuilding. Its main focus is to address what everyone acknowledges are long-standing issues with naval procurement and build schedules. Its desire is to speed up naval vessel procurement and reduce delays and expenses.

Among its action items are expanding the “Finland model” of par...