Weekly News Summary For January 5-11, 2009:

Economy Halts RiverBarge Excursions
The rip tides of an economy in recession halted operations by RiverBarge Excursion Lines, which ran the River Explorer, the only floating hotel barge on America’s rivers.
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Contractor Stabilizes Allegheny River Dam
The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced December 30 that a contractor has successfully stabilized Allegheny River Lock and Dam 6.
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Ten Minutes With ...Tom Allegretti
Editor’s Note: Tom Gladders, former president of Gladders Towing, has been engaged to write a series of columns featuring key people within the barge and towing industry.  These will appear from time to time in the WJ. Gladders was long active in many industry groups, including serving as chairman of AWO.
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Brownsville Adds Second Production Line
Brownsville Marine Products (BMP), located at Mile 57.5 on the Monongahela River, has a history of building marine vessels dating back to 1939. Everyone in the local community remembers it as being the “Hillman Barge” company. Hillman Barge, later operated as HBC by Trinity Marine, closed its doors in 1995.
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WJ Editorial: Coal Is Not As Clean As Some Would Like, But We Need It
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