Previously Published Articles

2011

• "Now Is Not the Time to Back Off on Waterways Funding Plan,"
  (by Cornel Martin, March 24, WorkBoat Sound Off)
• "Water Shipping Industry Wants More Money for Dredging,"
  (March 24, 2011, The Hill)
• "Washington Watch: Good News & Bad News,"
  (Maritime Reporter, March 2011)
• "Brawn of 16 Men Ensures $17 Billion in U.S. Waterways Shipments,"
  (Bloomberg Business, March 17, 2011)
• "Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers Honored by Waterways Council,"
  (Inland Port, January/February 2011)
• "Waterways Council Lobbies for Capital Spending Plan,"
  (Journal of Commerce, Feb. 17, 2011)
• "Congressman Praises Waterways Capital Development Plan,"
  (Waterways Journal, Feb. 28)
• "We Must Invest in our Waterways,"
  (Op-Ed by Tim Parker, Parker Towing Company., Birmingham News, February 27, 2011)
• "Keeping Our Competitive Edge,"
  (commentary by Cornel Martin, Marine News, February 2011)
• "Waterways Deserve Funds,"
  (commentary by Cornel Martin, February 21, 2011)
• "Struggling Navigation Projects,"
  (originally written for/published in the January 2011 edition of “Coal Age” magazine.)
• "Letter to the Editor,"
  (Politico, January 20, 2011)
• "2011 Annual Review & Outlook,"
  (Journal of Commerce (Cornel Martin))
• "Old Locks Jam River Traffic,"
  (Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2011)

2010

• "Education is Job One,"
  (Marine Log, December 2010)

• "Crucial Trade Waterway Under Threat,"
  (Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2010)

• "A Ways to Go for Waterways,"
  (Paducah Sun, December 11, 2010)

• "The Last Word," by Cornel Martin
  (Inland Port Magazine, November/December 2010)

• "10 National Benefits of the Inland Waterways," by Cornel Martin
  (Journal of Commerce, November 24, 2010)

• "Keep Goods Moving. Invest In Waterways"
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 3, 2010)

• "Where are the Rivers & Ports" by Cornel Martin
  (Marine News, October 2010)

• "WCI Urges Obama to Invest in America's Future: The Marine Highway," by Deb Colbert
  (September/October, 2010, Inland Port Magazine)

• "Firms Plead for Lock, Dam Upgrades"
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 7, 2010)

• "Waterways Fix Melds Taxes, Caps, Feds
  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 2, 2010)

• "Corps of Engineers Capitalization Proposal," Cornel Martin Commentary
  (Marine News, July 2010)

• "Onward Is The Way"
  (Marine Log, July 2010 )

• "Tax Hike Sought For Waterways: Those Who Use Rivers To Transport Commodities Want More Revenue To Speed Work On Projects"
  (Charleston Daily Mail, July 13, 2010 )

• "U.S. Inland Waterways Plan Gathers Steam"
  (American Shipper, July 12, 2010)

• "Inland Waterways Users Board to Congress: Ball Is In Your Court"
  (Inland Port Magazine, May/June 2010)

• "TV Ad Promotes Inland Waterways"
  (Workboat, May/June 2010)

• "2010 Leaders of the Pack"
  (Marine News, June 2010)

• Working Over WRDA
  (Journal of Commerce, June 14, 2010)

• Op-Ed by Senator Mitch McConnell (KY), "Kentucky’s Inland Waterway System is Vital to the Economy,"
  (Paducah Sun, June 14, 2010)

• Infrastructure's Impact on Grain Flow
  (Grain and Feed, April/May 2010)

• Insights by Cornel Martin
  (Marine News, May 2010)

• Shippers Up Ante, Want Guarantees for Lock Work
  (Paducah Sun, May 23, 2010)

• Stimulus Averts More Kentucky Lock Delays, New Plan Would Accelerate Work
  (Paducah Sun, May 23, 2010)

• Lock Mess
  (New Orleans City Business, May 15, 2010)

• Senator Chuck Grassley Fights the Good Fight
  (Inland Port Magazine, April, 2010)

• Unsung Hero of Transportation
  (Mark Knoy, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 9, 2010)

• "Invest in Transportation Infrastructure," by Rick Calhoun
  (Marine News, January 2010)

• "Keep Minnesota and The Mississippi Mighty," By Rick Calhoun, Chairman and President, Cargill Marine and Terminal, Inc., WCI Chairman
  (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 28, 2010)

• Lee Nelson: Locks, dams and a threat to the barge business on the Upper Mississippi
  (TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, January 7, 2010)

2009

• Waterways Infrastructure Investment is Critical to the Nation’s Economic Growth— and It’s Green!
  (Cornel Martin, Marine Log, December 2009)

• River Infrastructure Critical to Economy, Environment
  (Op-ed, Tennessean, December 20, 2009)

• Yearbook, Tugs, Towboats & Barges
  (Marine News, October, 2009)

• Broken Markland Lock Could Delay Barge Traffice for Months
  (Louisville Courier-Journal, September 29, 2009)

• Avoiding a Heartland Heart Attack
  (American Shipper, September 28, 2009)

• WCI Leaders Champion Inland Waterway Issues
  (Maritime Reporter, August 2009)

• Small Shoes to Fill
  (Marine News, July 2009)

• Editors Notes
  (Maritime Reporter, July 2009)

• "Fact or Fiction: Railroads Are The Champions of Fuel Efficiency...False"
  (Trains Magazine, July 2009)

• "Region's Locks, Dams in 'Decrepit Condition"
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 5, 2009)

• "Seeking to Balance River Hauling Costs"
  (Paducah Sun, May 6, 2009)

• "Corps Unveils $4.6-Billion Stimulus Lineup"
  (Engineering News Record, April 29, 2009)

• "Locking In Gains"
  (Journal of Commerce, March 30, 2009 )

• "U.S. farmers cheer road, rail, river upgrade plans"
  (Rueters, February 27, 2009)

• "Truck Traffic Revives Interest in Marine Shipping"
  (Associated Press, February 22, 2009)

• "25,000 Miles of Navigable Waterways Seen as Efficient Alternative to Truck-Clogged US Highways"
  (Associated Press, February 22, 2009)

• "Waterways Investment is Critical to Economic Recovery and Future Growth"
  (Maritime Executive, January/February 2009)

• "Changes Lie Ahead, But Inland Waterways’ Value to the Nation Remains The Same" by Cornel Martin
  (Propeller Club Winter Quarter 2009)

• "Waterways Hold Solution to Congestion, Economic Challenges," by Peter Stephaich, Chairman, National Waterways Foundation
  (Propeller Club Winter Quarter 2009)

• "Q&A with Cornel Martin"
  (WorkBoat, February 2009)

• "What's In Store for Industry in 2009? Leaders Take A Look At The Year Ahead"
  (Waterways Journal, January 19, 2009)

• "Getting America 'Shovel Ready'"
  (Traffic World, January 12, 2009)

• "Blue Insterstates' Could Save Firms Money"
  (The Kiplinger Letter, January 7, 2009)

• "River Works Creates Jobs"
  (Letter to the Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 9, 2009)

2008

• "Rivers of green: The new administration must fix locks and dams
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 13, 2008 )

• "Money dries up for work on locks and dams
  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 3, 2008 )

• "Lower Mon Dam Project Likely to Balloon to $1.5B
  (Piitsburgh Tribune-Review, October 26, 2008 )

• "Barge Shippers Need Funding
  (DTN News, September 10, 2008)

• "Rollin' on the River"
  (Warrick Publishing Online, August 20, 2008)

• "Ellsworth tours the Ohio River barge system"
  (14 News, August 18, 2008)

• "Making Rail, Trucks, Green with Envy"
  (Marine Log, August 2008)

• "National Waterways Foundation Study"
  (Marine News Article, July 2008)

• "Barge It!"
  (Maritime Reporter, July 2008)

• "The Cracks Are Showing"
  (The Economist, June 26, 2008)

• "A Story To Tell"
  (Journal of Commerce, June 2008)

• "Restoring Trust to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund"
  (Propeller Club Quarterly, Spring 2008)

• "Heroes of Conservation: Making a Career out of River Protection"
  (Field and Stream Magazine, June 2008)

• "Rebuilding America"
  (Popular Mechanics, May 2008)

2007

• Marine News Leaders of the Pack, 2007

• "Cash Sought to fix Mon locks"
  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 22, 2007)

2006

• "Leaders of the Pack"
  (Marine News, June 2006)

2005

• "Leaders of the Pack"
  (Marine News, June 2005)

2004

• "Inland Waterways Put Bulk Shippers at Risk"
  (American Shipper, March 2004)

• "A Flood of Trouble"
  (The Mississippi Press, March 2004)

• "Damaged by Funding Cuts"
  (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 2004)

• "Leaders of the Pack"
  (Marine News, June 2004)

• "A Lock on Economic Sense on the Mississippi?"
  (Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post, June 2004)

• "Locked In" 
  (WorkBoat, July 2004)

• "Break Lock Repair Logjam in Congress"
  (The Pioneer Press, March 2004)

2003

• "Vital Canals Deserve Money, Attention"
  (The Virginian-Pilot, June 2003)

• "Break the River-Funding Dam"
  (The Plain Dealer, August 2003)

• "Keep Waterways Working"
  (The Tennessean, September 2003)

• "Open the Floodgates"
  (Dallas Morning News, September 2003)

• "Washington and Our Waterways"
  (Chattanooga Free Press, October 2003)

• "Washington Should Repair Inland Waterways System"
  (Tampa Tribune, October 2003)

• "Inland Waterways Vital"
  (Columbus Dispatch, March 2003)

• "Dam Money"
  (Traffic World, June 2003)

2002

• "Waterways: A Priority"
  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 2002)

• "Hope Floats"
  (Cincinnati Post, July 5, 2002)

• "An Asset Deserving Better"
  (The Journal of Commerce, November 18-24, 2002)

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