A little rain falling at the right time and in the right place helped to slow a predicted sharp decline on the Upper Mississippi, but it wasn’t able to… Read More
Archive: 2023
The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District is piling rocks in the Monongahela River to create fish reefs. Once the project is finished, the Pittsburgh District will have installed 73 reefs,… Read More
Michael Lindgren, former vice president of operations at Riverway Company, passed away at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., on November 30, his 85th birthday. Lindgren was involved in the… Read More
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Lloyd’s Register Foundation are developing a program framework to be used by maritime educators all over the world to train mariners in… Read More
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that agency officials caught hundreds of invasive carp in the biggest haul in Minnesota to date. Officials caught 296 silver carp, 23… Read More
The Cumberland River reopened at Mile 2.7 about 11:45 a.m. December 4, following delays related to imploding the old bridge crossing the river. Contractors imploded the old U.S. Read More
In trials conducted by independent engine emissions monitoring specialist Green Sea Guard B.V. on board the superyacht Yalla over the course of a year, the SulNOxEco Fuel Conditioner reduced… Read More
The recent passing of former first lady Rosalynn Carter brought to mind the fact that for a brief period in 1979 the overnight passenger steamer Delta Queen bore the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Key officials touted the success of the current investment in the nation’s navigation program to lawmakers now working on the Water Resources Development Act of 2024. Read More
