Author: Waterways Journal

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which became law January 1  after Congress overrode President Donald Trump’s veto, includes a ban on oil barges and other commercial… Read More

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

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