American Commercial Barge Line

Barge industry imposes vessel access restrictions

The Rosemary McAllister and Capt. Brian A. McAllister head toward their double christening on New York's East River. Photo courtesy Seamen's Church Institute.

Three big players in the inland barge industry explained today how their companies are preparing and reacting to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus, saying they have activated specific protocols from vessel sanitation to banning non-crew on their boats and shoreside operations.

Ketra Anderson, vice president of safety, security, quality and environmental stewardship at Crowley Maritime, Seattle; Marino Hwang, marine compliance manager at McAllister Towing, New York; and Patrick Smith, director...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/barge-industry-imposes-vessel-access-restrictions/

Coal barging down, a few other commodities are up

Coal barges in 2006. WorkBoat file photo.

Coal is the largest commodity in barge movement volume, but demand continues to drop as coal plants are replaced by those using natural gas, and pipelines come on line to serve electricity plants that were previously served by barges. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that coal will suffer more, with coal dropping from 24% to a 13% share of the U.S. power grid over the next three decades.

Coal-carrying barge lines have tried to diversify their business, covering open top...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coal-barging-down-a-few-other-commodities-are-up/

High water delays completion of final phase of Olmsted project

High water conditions continue to hamper progress to dismantle the old locks and dams that have been replaced by the Olmsted project along the Ohio River in Illinois, while also causing restrictions on tows that are using the nation’s newest, most advanced and expensive civil works project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their contractors have stopped work on removing Lock and Dams 52 and 53, and will resume once the river levels drop, possibly not until June or July, according to Katelyn...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/high-water-delays-completion-of-final-phase-of-olmsted-project/

Coast Guard closes the Intracoastal Waterway after towboat grounding

The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a towing vessel that ran aground on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at mile marker 99, near Berwick, La., Monday.

Watchstanders at Vessel Traffic Service Berwick Bay received a report at approximately 10 p.m., Sunday, that the towing vessel Miss Odessa, carrying six hopper barges filled with rock, ran aground. The barges are reportedly owned by American Commercial Barge Line.

The Miss Odessa was reportedly transiting southbound on the Atchafalaya River...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-closes-intracoastal-waterway/

A look back at WorkBoat for September 1959

• Lake Erie is expected to get heavy interest from oil and gas producers during the next 12 months, according to reports from Canada. Crown lands under Lake Erie have been leased by a number of large petroleum companies, though interest is apparently in natural gas instead of oil.

• American Commercial Barge Line Co., Jeffersonville, Ind., became the first barge line to apply and be accepted for listing on the New York Stock Exchange last month when 1.53 million shares of its common stock were...

https://www.workboat.com/archived-workboat-magazine/a-look-back-at-workboat-for-september-1959/

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