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Shelley Byrne

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Shelley Byrne

    Nashville District Advances Plans For Kentucky Lock Repairs - The Waterways Journal (opens the original)

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    The Nashville Engineer District has determined a course for repairs to Kentucky Lock, Tennessee River Mile 22.4, following a tow collision that damaged a floating guard wall. While he did not go into specifics, Patrick DiNicola, chief of the maintenance section for the district, said, “We feel pretty confident we have identified the scope of the damage and what we need to do to repair it.” DiNicola spoke on conference calls with industry leaders September 11 and again September 18. The Nashville

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Shelley Byrne

    Heartland Boosts Hopper Barge Capacity - The Waterways Journal (opens the original)

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    Heartland Fabrication, LLC announced a $60 million expansion September 21 that will increase the shipyard’s annual production capability from 180 inland hopper barges annually to as many as 280 per year, once the work is complete. The phased expansion, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2027, will eventually add four buildings to the company’s existing property in Brownsville, Pa., at Monongahela River Mile 57.5. The property upgrades will allow for new shipping and receiving, final

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Shelley Byrne

    Construction Resumes On Illinois Carp Barrier Project - The Waterways Journal (opens the original)

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    Work on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, a multilayered barrier designed to prevent the spread of invasive carp from the river system into Lake Michigan, has resumed more than a month after the Corps of Engineers issued a stop work order. The Corps of Engineers ordered work on the $1.15 billion project to stop July 24, saying it was under “administrative review” but offering no further explanations. The project had become a point of contention between President Donald Trump’s administration

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Shelley Byrne

    Sunken Barge Closes Channel Near Paducah - The Waterways Journal (opens the original)

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    A rock barge remained sunken at Ohio River Mile 941, days after the lead port barges of two tows collided. No one was injured. Yazoo River Towing was the salvor and was working to remove rock from the barge and refloat it, said Lt. Adam Denmark, public affairs officer and prevention department head for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Unit Paducah, Ky. The Coast Guard closed the river from Mile 940 to Mile 941 in Paducah shortly after being notified of the collision about 10 p.m. September 1

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Shelley Byrne

    Contract Dispute Keeps Cave-In-Rock Ferry Docked - The Waterways Journal (opens the original)

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    The Cave-in-Rock Ferry, Ohio River Mile 881, hasn’t run in more than two months because of a contract dispute between the owner and the states of Kentucky and Illinois, which fund it through a ferry authority. The two-year funding contract expired at 11:59 p.m. June 30, and the ferry has remained parked since then. That is creating issues for some of the roughly 300 passengers on average who cross between Cave-in-Rock, Ill., and Crittenden County, Ky. “We can tell a difference already in the com

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