Author: Waterways Journal

Swiss-based industrial firm ABB announced June 4 that it has been selected by Vigor Fab LLC as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions… Read More

Mike Hogan Kindra Marine, Chicago, Ill., has announced the addition of Mike Hogan and Bob Farrell. Hogan joined Kindra as general manager beginning in December 2019. He… Read More

The St. Paul Engineer District has begun making repairs to the Lock and Dam 10 lockmaster house at Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa. Corps… Read More

The Nashville Engineer District has reported the following scheduled lock closures. June 24–28: Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River will have intermittent closures from 8 a.m. to 5… Read More

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has joined a pair of lawsuits challenging the manner in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the Bonnet Carré Spillway, the southernmost… Read More

The East Chicago (Ind.) Waterway Management District (ECWMD) has announced that an Indiana canal will be dredged to its authorized depth for the first time since 1972 to… Read More

Rio Marine has announced that its subsidiaries Rio Controls & Hydraulics (RCH) and Rio Marine Electronics (RME) have opened a new location in Corpus Christi, Texas. RCH specializes in… Read More

A pilot’s decision not to use a lookout on the head of his tow during a bridge transit with reduced visibility led to an allision that caused nearly $1… Read More

William Doyle, a former U.S. federal maritime commissioner and CEO and executive director of the Dredging Contractors of America, has been appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to… Read More