By Sean Duffy Big River Coalition Executive Director The Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening to 50 Feet Project has shed a unique light on the importance of… Read More
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Following two years of repairs, the auxiliary chamber at Markland Locks and Dam in Warsaw, Ky., has reopened to navigation traffic. The chamber was originally closed due to… Read More
At this writing, we are still waiting for the Corps of Engineers’ work plan to see how the Corps will divide up and invest the infrastructure money allocated to… Read More
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the award of more than $241 million from the U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) Port Infrastructure Development Program grants December 23. (See Washington… Read More
This slideshow contains some of our favorite photos from the pages of The Waterways Journal in 2021. Please click on the arrow below to begin. Read More
The Board of Harbor Commissioners unanimously approved Port Milwaukee’s new StewardSHIP sustainability initiative for vessels that have implemented emission reduction measures and other environmental improvements. The port’s newly approved… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards welcomed four new 100-foot-gauge container gantry cranes on December 10 to the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal at the Port of New Orleans, the culmination… Read More
American Queen Voyages, a subsidiary of Hornblower Group, announced December 6 that its vessels Victory I and Victory II, acquired in 2018, will be renamed Ocean Voyager and… Read More
The Corpus Christi (Texas) City Council recently awarded a $12.3 million construction contract to Callan Marine Ltd. for the Packery Channel Restoration project. The council also accepted and appropriated… Read More
The Port of Louisville Propeller Club will embark on a new path starting in January 2022. After surviving COVID-19 with all its unintended consequences of no meetings, no… Read More
