The National Maritime Center announced new application status and credential verification tools during a July 25 change of command ceremony in Martinsburg, W.Va. Rear Adm. Wayne Arguin Jr. presided over… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
A contractor has finished placing 32,400 tons of rock to complete two stone revetments for the Memphis Engineer District. Midwest Construction Company of Nebraska was the contractor, and… Read More
Superior Ag, an Indiana-based, farmer-owned cooperative, broke ground July 21 on its new Ohio River fertilizer terminal near Rockport, Ind. The new, 32,000-ton dry fertilizer distribution facility is… Read More
Two boats that were swept through a tainter gate at Olmsted Locks and Dam (Ohio River Mile 964.4) on July 1 have been successfully salvaged. With the support of the… Read More
A temporary guide wall made from three ocean-going spud barges is being installed at Wilson Locks and Dam on the Tennessee River after Vessel Repair of Port Arthur, Texas, partnered… Read More
Capt. Randy Preston took command of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley from Capt. Heather Mattern during a ceremony July 14 in Louisville, Ky. The ceremony and reception were held… Read More
An initial inspection at Olmsted Locks and Dam found only cosmetic, superficial damage to tainter gate 1 after two Corps of Engineers vessels were swept through it July 1. Read More
A Tennessee Valley Authority tow passes through the main chamber of Wilson Locks and Dam. The lock chamber officially reopened to navigation July 2 after being closed since September 25. Read More
The Ohio River closed briefly July 1 after two Louisville Engineer District boats were swept through the tainter gate at Olmsted Locks and Dam (Ohio River Mile 964.4) after one… Read More
With the recent increase in foreign tariffs on certain imports into the United States, the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority has gained its first foreign-trade zone customer, 10 years after establishing… Read More
