One of the enduring outgrowths of Hurricane Katrina, at least as it relates to the ports and waterways, is the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team and the… Read More
Archive: 2023
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) held its annual Maritime Training Benefit Luncheon April 20 in Houston to highlight and raise support for the organization’s Center for Maritime Education, which… Read More
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, recently urged the chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District, along with officials from the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority, christened the new survey vessel Miss Agnes April 28 in Columbus, Miss. The 28-foot… Read More
The morning of Saturday, May 6, the CSX movable rail bridge that spans the Mobile River at Mile 14 incurred a mechanical issue that left the bridge in an… Read More
A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22. “That will… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on the development of guidance on zero-emission port equipment, heavy-duty vehicles and fueling infrastructure under potentially multiple funding programs… Read More
This week’s issue features a U.S. senator complaining about the length of time it is taking the Corps of Engineers to approve a permit for a Nucor steel mill… Read More
One of the panelists at the recently concluded seminar of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association spoke on one of the two cases involving maritime law that the… Read More
For mariners, as with Capt. Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise, space, it seems, is the final frontier, now that the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)… Read More
