May 7, 2021 By Waterways Journal
Crounse Corporation, headquartered in Paducah, Ky., recently took delivery of the mv. Sandra Holt, one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly marine vessels operating on the inland waterway system. The 6,034 hp. vessel was constructed by Conrad Shipyard LLC, headquartered in Morgan City, La., and delivered with a U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection for Subchapter M compliance and EPA Tier 4-compliant main engines.
“We are excited to add the mv. Sandra Holt to our growing vessel fleet,” said Matt Ricketts, Crounse Corporation president and CEO. “This vessel expands our existing diversified horsepower classes and enhances our ability to continue providing our valued customers with the high-quality service they deserve in a variety of operating conditions and geographic locations. I want to thank Conrad Shipyard and all of our vendor partners involved in this ne
April 20, 2021 By Frank McCormack
RiverWorks Discovery partnered with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center April 14 to host a first-of-its-kind Who Works The Rivers online career education event. The free event was open to students and RiverWorks Discovery supporters alike, in Kentucky and beyond.
Using an online platform from Covington, Ky.-based IT company ULIMI, Who Works The Rivers leaders were able to share an overview of the maritime industry, the ways in which the industry impacts the day-to-day lives of students, career paths available to students and some strategies for interviewing and pursuing jobs in the field.
In addition to logging in to the ULIMI platform, participants could also stream the virtual Who Works The Rivers via Facebook. Anyone interested may view the presentations on the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center Facebook page and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce YouTube channel.
March 8, 2021 By Frank McCormack
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a serious blow to in-person meetings of all kinds, including RiverWorks Discovery’s popular career discovery event, Who Works The Rivers (WWTR).
Before the pandemic, RiverWorks Discovery was ramping up WWTR, holding events in cities large and small and on multiple river systems. High school students by the busload would converge on host ports and terminals to discover the culture, commerce and conservation tied to the nation’s waterways and the maritime industry. But the pandemic brought that to a halt.
Now, thanks to a partnership with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center (KCWC), Who Works The Rivers is set to go virtual, with an online career education event scheduled for April 14. The free event, which is open to students and RiverWorks Discovery supporters both in Kentucky and throughout the nation, will carry the same goal as the well-known in-p
March 5, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
No one was hurt when a towboat lost power and went through a gate of the Belleville Dam March 3 on the upper Ohio River, then free floated roughly 11 miles downstream.
The boat was the mv. Edith Tripp, owned by Paducah, Ky.-based Crounse Corporation.
“They were northbound out of the lock and had gotten about five football field lengths above the dam and lost power,” Meigs County (Ohio) Emergency Management Director Jamie Jones said.
The mv. Edith Tripp free floats down the Ohio River below the Belleville Locks and Dam on March 3. The crew was able to escape in two skiffs before the boat and an empty gravel barge both went through the dam’s gates. (Photo courtesy of Meigs County (Ohio) Emergency Management Director Jamie Jones)
December 31, 2020 By Shelley Byrne
The city of Paducah (Ky.) expects to spend thousands of dollars soon to reapply for a permit for strategic dredging of a sediment deposit affecting a business’ offloading of liquid asphalt and threatening the transient boat dock the city built in the last few years.
The dredging would not remove the entire mud and grass island at Ohio River Mile 935.2, downstream of the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers and immediately downriver from the city’s boat dock, as that would cost too much, City Engineer Rick Murphy said. Instead, it would remove the interfering portion of the deposit and potentially extend the pier of the affected business, Midwest Terminal, he said.