As this issue goes to press, not all the outcomes of the election have been clearly established. But we already know the election has resulted in a Washington where bipartisan… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
By Karrie Trauth General Manager, Shipping and Maritime Americas, Shell Trading (US) Company It’s not an easy time to be in shipping. Amidst a backdrop of economic challenges, including currently… Read More
Oak Brook, Ill.-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation has announced five newly awarded contracts totaling $59.8 million, which brings the company’s total contracts awarded in the third quarter of… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced September 29 the approval of $215 million to build two coastal habitat restoration projects in Southeast Louisiana. Funding, approved by the Louisiana Trustee Implementation… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced what the Louisville Engineer District called a significant step for the Louisville (Ky.) Metro Flood Protection System Reconstruction Study. Lt. Gen. Scott… Read More
Curran Streckfus, 77, alternate master of the steamer Admiral in the early 1970s and master of the mv. President in the late ’70s in New Orleans, died October 23. Capt. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) has awarded the Ports of Indiana $4 million to make bulk cargo supply chain improvements by converting a vacant gravel yard into… Read More
Port Allen Deep Draft Harbor Maintenance Dredging, Island of Kauai, State of Hawaii. To American Marine Corporation for $6,658,750, line items 1 to 5, on August 28, 2020 by the… Read More
Reduced demand from the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions combined with hurricanes to drop barge utilization rates and lower inland revenues by 22 percent, Kirby Corporation announced as it released its third-quarter… Read More
One of the clearest policy differences between the two presidential candidates emerged during the second debate, when President Donald Trump challenged claims that challenger Joe Biden would “end” fracking (hydraulic… Read More
