Montgomery Lock and Dam, located on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa., 32 miles downriver from Pittsburgh, was temporarily closed after a dredge’s spud apparently struck its sill, according… Read More
Author: David Murray
The “worst may be over” for Midwest flooding. That’s according to Accuweather, which said on June 13 that large storm systems are no longer moving in from the Pacific… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that a failure to properly maintain a fleeting area on the Ohio River was the cause of a January 2018 incident in… Read More
In the wake of a weekend of more flooding in St. Louis, which overwhelmed a downtown pumping station and breached several levees, officials of the St. Louis Engineer District… Read More
After 40 years of operations, Marine Builders Inc.—based in Utica, Ind.—has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing was made last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court… Read More
Continued rains and high water mean that river restrictions, lock closures and delays are now expected until mid-June. At this writing, another storm system has just pushed through the… Read More
On May 24, the Rock Island Engineer District announced that a $779 million plan at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River to prevent the spread… Read More
Milwaukee—the city on the shores of Lake Michigan best known to the rest of the country for its beermaking past—is something of an anomaly among Midwestern cities. It… Read More
The impact of the ongoing high-water season on the Mississippi River and other major water arteries was felt in more ways than one at the Inland Marine Expo. Longtime… Read More
Months after reopening after a temporary partial federal shutdown, the National Maritime Center (NMC) in Martinsburg, W.Va., which issues all maritime credentials, is still struggling with the backlog of… Read More
