Jody Peacock Ports of Indiana’s new CEO is not new to the statewide port authority, which operates three ports on the Great Lakes and Ohio River. After… Read More
Archive: 2023
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced June 1 that it had received two major dredging contracts from the Galveston Engineer District totaling $186.6 million. The… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District announced on June 1 the launch of the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study, a five-year, $25 million “mega-study”… Read More
The Corps of Engineers is seeking public input on a proposal to deepen the navigation channel on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) to 12 feet. Read More
The Inland Marine Expo, hosted by The Waterways Journal, celebrated its 10th edition in a new city in 2023, and the journey to Nashville, Tenn., brought along… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG), Panama City, Fla., announced the delivery May 22 of the 8,550-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks to Weeks… Read More
Marine Chartering Associates LLC, a marine equipment lessor based in Houston, Texas, has taken delivery of another 86- by 30-foot, 2,000 hp. twin-screw towboat. Designed and built… Read More
The Waterways Journal is pleased to announce the completion of its second Mississippi River System Barge Fleet Survey. With this year’s edition, we have closed the gap in information… Read More
Deirdre McGowan, who was executive director of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) from 1999 to 2012, died May 23 at the age of 80. Aimee… Read More
The American Maritime Partnership, the voice of the domestic maritime industry, celebrated National Maritime Day by recognizing the critical importance of the Jones Act for the economic and national… Read More
