Helping to ensure mariners’ mental wellness and working to prevent suicide are key aims of the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI). While simulator training through SCI’s Center for Maritime Education may… Read More
Author: Shelley Byrne
Low-water conditions are causing issues on many of the country’s navigable rivers, not just on the Lower Mississippi. On the Upper Mississippi, the St. Louis gauge had fallen… Read More
Tracy Zea With 80 percent of the nation’s locks and dams past their 50-year design life and some taking decades to build, presenters at the Smart Rivers Conference September… Read More
The Mississippi and Ohio rivers are falling again after a brief reprieve from passing rain showers. In a September 26 Memphis Engineer District press conference, Mike Clay, hydrologics… Read More
When Michael Lamport describes the Hickman Hard Point, he uses an artificial intelligence-generated photo of rock pinnacles protruding from the riverbed and an underwater waterfall plunging into a… Read More
A project to prevent the spread of invasive carp into the Great Lakes is moving forward at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill.,… Read More
When speaking about navigating disruptions at the Smart Rivers conference September 8-12 in Memphis, Tenn., Dan Pallme was nearly within sight of his leading example. Pallme, intermodal director… Read More
Widespread drought is causing low-water conditions on many of the nation’s navigable rivers, with draft and tow-size restrictions in effect and no end in sight. Donnie Williams, chairman… Read More
More than 5,600 people visited the Paducah, Ky., riverfront September 6 to cheer on 11 teams of paddlers in narrow, 40-foot-long boats surmounted by the heads of mythical Asian… Read More
More than 300 people from six continents gathered September 8-12 in Memphis, Tenn., for Smart Rivers 2025, a conference bringing together the international community to share the latest innovations… Read More
