The busiest recreational lock on the Allegheny River reopened November 14 after months of repair work that began August 5. During the work, the lock chamber was open several… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The National Transportation Safety Board announced November 7 it would investigate a November 4 barge explosion in Lemont, Ill., at an Illinois Marine Towing terminal about 25 miles… Read More
Finally, much-needed supplemental federal money to restore river channels and repair damage from the flood of 2019, signed into law in June in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster… Read More
Maritime Administrator Adm. Mark Buzby presented a check for $18 million to Beaumont, Texas, for the Port of Beaumont Multimodal Corridor Expansion and Improvement Project on November 15. The… Read More
Widening and deepening the Houston Ship Channel is the Port of Houston’s “moon shot.” That was the message from Port Houston Commission Chairman Ric Campo as he delivered… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board is doubling down on safety recommendations for World War II amphibious vessels converted to passenger vessels, insisting that failure to implement its previous… Read More
At the recent Waterways Symposium in Pittsburgh, Jim Stark, president of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, gave a cogent tour of serious issues facing the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. He… Read More
The Dorena-Hickman Ferry, running between Dorena, Mo., and Hickman, Ky., resumed operations November 16 after replacing its rudder, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced. Tammy Hutchinson, executive director of… Read More
It was with great interest that I began reading your article titled “CG Team Discovers ‘Blast From The Past’” (WJ, November 4) until the detail of events… Read More
Thrustmaster of Texas Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) for the repowering of the Charles Hall Ferry on Lake… Read More
