It can’t be repeated too often: even though water transportation can and will get greener and improve its carbon emissions, it is already by far the greenest mode of… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Dozens of South Louisiana middle and high school students eager to learn about careers in the maritime industry enjoyed a cool, windy day on the mighty Mississippi River in St. Read More
Ingram Marine Group announced January 10 that David O’Loughlin will retire from his role as CEO effective February 1, and John Roberts, the company’s current chief operating officer, will… Read More
Northern Marine LLC, the marine transportation division of Illinois & Michigan Oil LLC (IMO), announced last week that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Chicago-area fleeting… Read More
Could it be that we are finally getting serious about waterways and port infrastructure? Have the floods of 2019, Hurricane Ida and the current supply chain difficulties concentrated everyone’s… Read More
Marine casualty investigators from the Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge that happened December 23, 2021, at Amelia,… Read More
The Galveston Engineer District and the Harris County (Texas) Flood Control District have announced the approval of additional funds and a schedule extension for the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries… Read More
The St. Louis Engineer District recently awarded a $7.2 million contract to Luhr Brothers Inc. of Columbia, Ill., to construct a Mississippi River habitat restoration project in Pool 26,… Read More
On December 27, T. Parker Host, a 100-year-old ship stevedoring, terminal and ship agent company, claimed “bragging rights” when it announced the first vessel to sail from the Mississippi… Read More
Capt. Donald H. Summers, 95, of St. Louis, Mo., a former captain for the excursion steamers Admiral and President, died December 26. Summers served in the U.S. Navy… Read More
