Author: David Murray

Davenport, Iowa, largest of the Quad Cities, received unwanted national attention when a temporary flood barrier failed April 30. The floods inundated several square blocks in Davenport’s downtown and caused… Read More

America’s Watershed Initiative (AWI) conducted two webinars in the last week of June on ways to improve the entire Mississippi River basin. The group brings together diverse stakeholders to discuss… Read More

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The famous opening sentence of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities could well apply to the Port… Read More

The floodwaters of the Mississippi River and other major rivers are slowly receding. In some areas, that lowering is happening with hiccups due to local rainstorms that slow drainage or… Read More

For the first time, according to former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, cyber threats exceed physical threats to our nation’s security. That sobering thought, offered by Coast Guard… Read More

The Coast Guard, third-party organizations (TPOs) and vessel operators continue to negotiate and adjust as the inspection process documenting full compliance of the towing fleet with Subchapter M continues. A… Read More

Now that floodwaters are finally receding (if fitfully in some places, due to still greater than normal amounts of rainfall), rivers are dealing with massive amounts of silting that, on… Read More

On June 24, the Supreme Court resolved a split between two judicial circuits by ruling in The Dutra Group v. Batterton that punitive damages are not available in Jones Act… Read More

As water levels drop, Upper Mississippi River locks are slowly reopening. By June 20, all locks in the Rock Island Engineer District were opened, according to a district spokesman, who… Read More