High water closed most of the Upper Mississippi River to commercial traffic as 33 river gauges from the Twin Cities through Burlington, Iowa, showed “major flooding,” according to the… Read More
Archive: 2023
A hopper barge has been successfully removed from McAlpine Dam, Ohio Mile 606.8. It was the last of three barges that became pinned against the lower dam after… Read More
After three years of work and $25.5 million, the Memphis Engineer District’s new Bank Grading Unit (BGU) has arrived. The BGU was delivered April 11, docking at its… Read More
In mid-April, Callan Marine, a Galveston, Texas-based dredging and marine construction company, took delivery of its seventh dredge, an 18-inch cutter suction dredge named the General Marshall. Callan staff,… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU), rarely ever even seen by the public but nonetheless hard at work each low-water season, is an indispensable part of… Read More
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported a record catch of 30 silver carp March 23 in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River near Winona, Minn., by a… Read More
A Canadian railway company located on Vancouver Island in Canada has proposed an ambitious, expensive and long-term rail-barge project to ease congestion in the Port of Vancouver and… Read More
Speaking at the March meeting of the Port of Houston Authority’s board of commissioners, Roger Guenther, the port’s executive director, said the authority has seen modest tonnage growth thus… Read More
Edward Mohr Edward James Mohr, 83, of Bettendorf, Iowa, died February 13. He worked as the manager of barge maintenance for Peavey Barge Line and later as a… Read More
Chet Hammock Chester. R. “Chet” Hammock, 61, of Columbia, Ill., died March 27 at his home. He worked as a barge maintenance supervisor for American Commercial Barge Line… Read More
