A years-long fight over a riverside frac-sand mining operation in Winona, Minn., ended when the U.S. Supreme Court refused on January 11 to overturn a ban on frac sand… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
In an unusual year with historic challenges, Port Milwaukee (Wis.) finished 2020 with its highest annual cargo volume in the past seven years. Overall tonnage for the municipal port… Read More
Helena Harbor and Phillips County (Ark.) Economic Development officials recently announced that the harbor has been named a “designated project” on the U.S. Marine Highway System by the U.S. Read More
Buckeye Partners L.P. announced December 30 that crude oil export operations have commenced at the second deepwater dock at South Texas Gateway (STG), a new state-of-the-art terminal constructed at… Read More
Retired Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, former commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as… Read More
Lea Brent Lea Brent, of Brent Towing Company fame, died January 10 in his hometown of Greenville, Miss. He was 88. He, along with his father, Jesse (deceased),… Read More
Hugh Earl Cooper Hugh Earl Cooper, 91, of McKinney, Texas, a longtime operations executive at Canal Barge Company, died on December 30, 2020. Raised… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) is close to halfway done with a $100 million expansion at its Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. The port is on track to… Read More
On January 19, the Corps of Engineers released its FY21 Work Plan for allocating funds provided in the FY21 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill that was part… Read More
I always learn something from the Old Boat Column—and also have the fun of my memory being kicked a little down the river. Keith Norrington’s article on Twilight on… Read More
