The Little Rock Port Authority has been enjoying a steady drumbeat of wins—to the point that it is using up its available land and is looking for more. On May… Read More
Author: David Murray
A crisis in barge congestion at major northern European ports is getting worse, with Hapag-Lloyd, a major German shipping and container movement company, announcing it was suspending barge shipments in… Read More
On April 26, Minnesota’s port infrastructure received a collective grade of C- from the Minnesota division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which issues periodic infrastructure “report cards” for… Read More
Since the beginning of 2022, Transport 360, which operates the Port of St. Joseph on the upper Missouri River, has also been quietly managing Port KC in Kansas City, Mo. Read More
Over the past decades, the inland barge industry has become used to having to respond to Coast Guard regulations adapted from blue-water contexts and applied to the brown-water operating area,… Read More
Attendees at the recently concluded Inland Marine Expo in St. Louis heard encouraging news about system-wide freight investments in the gateway port of New Orleans, as well as recent infrastructure… Read More
A unique rail-to-barge grain facility at Oregon’s Port of Morrow is expanding with help from a $2.1 million grant recently approved by state transportation officials. The Morrow County Grain Growers… Read More
A towboat lodged against Lock & Dam 4 on the Mississippi River in Alma, Wis., after reportedly losing control and alliding with the dam on the night of May 21. Read More
Everyone in the inland waterway community knows that the Coast Guard investigates marine incidents. But fewer people know that Coast Guard investigative teams can operate overseas throughout the world—in any… Read More
The United States is blessed with the most extensive developed inland waterway system in the world, well positioned to drain a huge area of fertile farmland. But that does not… Read More
