Callan Marine, a Galveston, Texas-based dredging company founded in 2009, has announced a contract with DSC Dredge of Reserve, La., for a new cutter suction dredge, to be named… Read More
Archive: 2021
The Eighth Coast Guard District held successive ceremonies June 25, with the first installing a new commander to lead the Heartland region and the second marking the start of… Read More
Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake… Read More
Some older veteran river industry personnel, executives, aficionados and others associated with the inland marine industry (especially the upper Ohio River area) may experience a bit of déjà… Read More
Blasting at the former Dam 52 on the Ohio River near Brookport, Ill., is complete, with demolition at the former Dam 53 to begin within the next couple… Read More
For the fourth year, 40 of the industry’s future leaders were honored at the Inland Marine Expo with the “40 Under 40” award, which recognizes individuals for their… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Ports and waterways would receive $16 billion as part of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal reached by the White House and a small group of Republican… Read More
A few months ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was predicting that an infrastructure package would be passed by July 4. That prediction proved to be a bit too optimistic,… Read More
Glen Cheatham Jr., 80, of Grove, Okla., former director of waterways for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, died June 8 at Betty Ann Nursing Home. Glen Cheatham… Read More
A Mississippi River ferry business closed for three days because of sand blocking one of its landings. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry at Mile 922.0 connects Ky. 1354 near Hickman,… Read More
