A letter of concern signed by a broad coalition of more than 40 agricultural groups, ports and other river stakeholders along the Columbia/Snake river system is opposing a plan… Read More
Author: David Murray
In accordance with President Joe Biden’s executive order of January 21 and a subsequent order issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled “Requirement for Persons… Read More
On March 19, the St. Paul Engineer District reported the opening of the 2021 navigation season when the mv. R. Clayton McWhorter pushed 12 barges through Lock and Dam… Read More
Because farmer Roger Ideker and two other plaintiffs are awaiting an appeal of their judgement against the Corps of Engineers, a new lawsuit against the Corps for the effects… Read More
The recent release of the “Infrastructure Report Card” by the American Society of Civil Engineers saw the inland waterways category bumped up to D+ from a straight D… Read More
Major players in global shipping have signed on to an ambitious, U.N.-sponsored effort to completely “decarbonize” shipping by the year 2030. A coalition of international organizations involved in… Read More
One of the largest and most important rail-to-barge transloading facilities in mid-America is closing, another sign of the decline of the coal era in American power generation. Located… Read More
Whatever else happens with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, farmers and agricultural producers are looking forward to another great export year for key American agricultural commodities. Exports of… Read More
“For the first time in 20 years, our infrastructure is out of the D range.” So proclaimed the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which released its… Read More
The Tulsa Port of Catoosa was still in the grip of the polar vortex February 19, but that didn’t stop port and state officials from kicking off the… Read More


