A bill recently introduced in Congress to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s shipyard support and bolster its ability to keep pace with China’s blistering progress in shipbuilding has a few… Read More
Author: David Murray
Defying the near-unanimous bipartisan support of California’s legislators as well as the state’s labor unions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a last-minute veto of AB 1122, a marine safety… Read More
The St. Louis Inland River Seminar continued its steady growth with its third event September 16-17 at the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) in Ron Fox at the St. Louis… Read More
Local officials and port workers celebrated the opening September 5 of a new, $6 million dock that will serve ocean vessels at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. Partially funded by… Read More
Making landfall September 12 as a Category 2 storm in Terrebonne Parish, La., Hurricane Francine brought torrential rain and storm surge to southeast Louisiana and knocked out power to… Read More
The Arkansas Waterways Commission recently awarded nearly $3.5 million to six Arkansas ports. Phyllis Harden, commission chair, said the grants were awarded on the basis of improving safety and… Read More
The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) in McGehee, in collaboration with the Arkansas Waterways Commission and the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services Adult Education, is offering a free Inland… Read More
The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation have jointly secured $393 million in federal funds to build a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, to be… Read More
Attendees at the recently concluded Inland Marine Expo were treated to an informative and fast-paced look at the U.S. economy through the lens of statistics important to barge… Read More
A group of 12 Korean trade officials—11 of them grain buyers—recently spent a whirlwind week from April 21 through 27 touring trading facilities, farms, ports, dams and terminals in… Read More
