American Commercial Barge Line Holding Corporation announced April 30 that it has successfully completed its recapitalization and emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization. “ACBL is moving forward as an inland barge… Read More
Author: David Murray
A new study of the advantages of investing in waterways infrastructure, released April 9, has a message familiar from other recent studies, but it differs in significant ways. Titled “An… Read More
A webinar presented by the American Waterways Operators titled “COVID-19: Ask An Industrial Hygienist,” drew great interest from AWO members who attended, with half the session taken up with addressing… Read More
On April 12, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States agreed to the largest-ever oil production cuts in a deal brokered by President Donald Trump. The deal was intended to… Read More
During meetings in Washington, D.C., with various officials March 3–5, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) announced an innovative new public-private financing tool to help river communities deal… Read More
Lydia Ann Channel Moorings LLC (LACM), which has been battling a series of lawsuits from local groups opposed on environmental grounds to its fleeting service, won a victory March 24… Read More
The spread of the novel coronavirus is a brand new situation, and individuals, companies and governmental organizations are adjusting and adapting on the fly, changing plans as new information becomes… Read More
As a crest of high water moved downriver on the Upper Mississippi River, Locks 16 and 17 were temporarily closed. Lock 16 went out of service on April 8; according… Read More
On March 31, 78 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee requesting that lock and dam projects funded by Inland Waterways Trust… Read More
The Tulsa Engineer District and Little Rock Engineer District, working together, issued changes on April 1 to crew change procedures at locks and dams along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation… Read More
