Port of Pittsburgh Commission

Portpitt staff participating in Wear Your Life Jacket at Work Day!

**TODAY!** Where will we catch you wearing your life jacket? The office? The coffee shop? The salon?

This Friday is ! Join the fun and take a photo of yourself in your life jacket and tag us ( on Instagram and X; Boating Campaign here on Facebook), and help share the message!

👩‍💻 National Safe Boating Week is May 16-22. View, share, and use our toolkit to share daily boating safety tips, images, and videos in your marketing efforts - all week long: https://safeboatingcampaign.com/resources/national-safe-boating-week-toolkit/

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District manages 22 locks and dams in the region, which are key to ensuring commodities can move reliably throughout the nation's waterways year-round. Barges are one of the best methods to move those bulk commodities - and there are numbers to prove it:

- Barges move cargo 675 miles per gallon of fuel, making them the most fuel-efficient bulk transport mode
- Dry cargo: one barge = 16 rail cars or 70 trucks
- Liquid cargo: one barge = 46 rail cars or 144 trucks
- Barge transport reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to trucks and 30% compared to rail
- The Great Lakes handle 175 million tons of commodities annually (the Ohio River alone carries 35 percent of the country’s waterborne commerce)
- For every $20 spent moving cargo by truck, $1 is spent moving cargo by barge

Repost of the US Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh's River Safety Zone for the upcoming NFL Draft.

Please ensure all wheelhouses and crews are aware:
• Call on Channel 16 before approaching Pittsburgh starting at midnight tonight

UPDATE: According to recent reports, the breakaway barges have been located and secured outside of the channel.

Barge breaks free from Turnpike project, goes over dam in Beaver Falls The Pennsylvania Turnpike says the barge was being used to hold equipment for its Beaver River Bridge Reconstruction Project.