Inland waterways advocates—including The Waterways Journal—often talk about the green advantages of water transportation by the ton-mile—meaning the amount of carbon emitted to move a ton of cargo one… Read More
Archive: 2023
Marine Money International hosted its second annual Marine Finance Forum in New Orleans on November 30, with present operations and future needs of the inland waterways of the United… Read More
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed Bayou La Batre, Ala.-based Steiner Construction Company’s latest protest over a contract awarded to Birdon America of Denver, Colo., for the… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District saw the last tow of the 2023 navigation season depart as the mv. Thomas E. Erickson transited through Lock and Dam 10, near Guttenberg,… Read More
Public comments are being sought on moving the planned location of a new Ohio River bridge that would replace the 1936 bridge connecting Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill. Read More
Campbell Transportation Company Inc. held a renaming ceremony November 9 in Galveston, Texas, for one of its newest towboats, the mv. Linda Hughes Farley. Campbell, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based marine… Read More
The steamer Julia Belle Swain, which has been dormant in La Crosse, Wis., for a decade, was spotted southbound in the tow of the mv. Laura K with the… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District will update the public on the Lower Monongahela Project on December 12 as the project nears its final phase. The public meeting,… Read More
By Abby Korfhage Louisville Engineer District The Louisville Engineer District works in partnership with The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, also known… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District celebrated the completion of the Ouachita River Levee Crown Gravel Resurfacing Project on November 20 in Columbia, La., near the Riverton Recreation Area. Read More
