Every year at this time, The Waterways Journal asks leading experts and players in the barge industry and among its major customers to speak about the opportunities and challenges… Read More
Author: David Murray
On December 28, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it had increased the random drug testing rate that marine employers are required to perform on inland and other vessel… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard accepted a salvage plan developed by salvors Big River Salvage and McKinney Salvage to retrieve barges pinned against the… Read More
The pilothouse of the mv. Zeus was sheared off after it made contact with the PPU (Peoria and Pekin Union) Bridge on the Illinois River in East Peoria, Ill. Read More
Two Mississippi River ports in Missouri recently acquired 25-foot-long fire and safety rescue boats. Neal Breitweiser, the executive director of the Jefferson County (Mo.) Port Authority, told The… Read More
Steiner Shipyard of Bayou la Batre, Ala., has agreed to build up to four towboats for Florida Marine, according to Marco Angelini, business development and project manager at Steiner. Read More
The year 2018 was one full of historic milestones for the inland waterways, marking both ends and beginnings. A major lock and dam construction project that had threatened… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on December 7 to hear a maritime law case that could have important financial implications for marine companies. The case, Batterton v. Dutra Group,… Read More
When it comes to estimating costs and benefits of waterways projects, the Corps of Engineers uses outdated and limited measures of value that don’t include factors used by most… Read More
The 89th meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) took place in St. Charles, Mo., on November 29. It was supposed to be addressed by Maj. Gen Scott Spellmon, but… Read More
