For years, said Neal Langdon, executive vice president of Arcosa Marine Products Inc., proponents of container-on-barge (COB) have had difficulty persuading stakeholders to invest in shoreside COB assets because… Read More
Author: David Murray
This year, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa celebrates two closely related but distinct anniversaries: the 50th anniversary of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) and that of… Read More
Despite continued outbreaks of COVID-19 in India and a few other hot spots, and the spread of a South African variant, most of the world’s economies expect a summer… Read More
In a ruling closely watched by maritime interests, the full, 17-member United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit narrowed the tests for a determination of who… Read More
The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which have hit the oil industry especially hard, and the effects of the major winter storm in February combined to hit the… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District christened the mv. Quincy at the Clat Adams Bicentennial Park in Quincy, Ill., April 30. Several hundred members of the public attended the ceremony,… Read More
Tyler Kelley’s book Holding Back the River, to be officially published May 4, belongs in the fine tradition of nonfiction works like Rising Tide, John Barry’s award-winning account… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor announced April 1 that pursuant to an agreement with the department to resolve outstanding violations of the Seaman’s Protection Act, Bouchard Transportation Company Inc.,… Read More
As part of its program of continuous improvements, America’s Central Port, located at Granite City, Ill., just north of St. Louis and across the Mississippi River, has upgraded… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board released its final 2021–2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements during a public webcast board meeting April 6. The five-member board voted… Read More


