The Plaquemines Council Port Harbor and Terminal District held a tense meeting November 3 at which the port commissioners repeatedly challenged Executive Director Charles Tillotson about an auditor’s… Read More
Author: David Murray
Now that the relief of having a trade deal with China has sunk in, giving a boost to soybean futures, persistent questions are coming to the fore from the… Read More
Cabotage laws, or laws restricting a certain percentage of shipping to a nation’s flagged vessels—of which America’s Jones Act is a prime example —have spread from 91 countries in 2018… Read More
A trade deal announced October 30 between the United States and China followed a high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the Korean city of… Read More
Safety issues occupied a prominent position in most panels of the St. Louis River Industry Seminar September 16, hosted and organized by St. Louis lawfirm Fox Smith LLC. The annual… Read More
The newly formed Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative is holding its first annual meeting November 5-6 in Peoria, Ill. The IRCTI, which officially formed in February (WJ, Sept. 24,… Read More
Just a few weeks ago, crews at Peoria Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway finished installing new fencing and a new access road. It was just the latest of… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched a new Mississippi River Basin Drought and Water Dashboard. The dashboard is the result of cross-agency collaboration between NOAA, the National… Read More
At press time, the federal government still faced the possibility of a shutdown September 30. The March continuing resolution funding the government will expire on that date if Republicans and… Read More
A lawsuit is pitting two leaders in the coatings market against each other. Carboline Global Inc. has sued coatings and paint giant Sherwin-Williams, claiming false advertising for its fire-resistant steel… Read More
