“We have never in our record had these sustained high flows over the month of January,” said Dan Fasching, St. Paul District water manager for the Upper Mississippi River. Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
On January 23, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, along with R.D. James, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, signed the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The rule replaces… Read More
Kirby Corporation announced January 30 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the inland marine fleet of Savage Inland Marine for approximately $278 million in cash and… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi ended 2019 with record cargo tonnages for December of 13.8 million tons and 122.2 million tons for the entire year—a 16 million-ton improvement… Read More
Sen. Jim Inhofe U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) will receive Waterways Council Inc.’s 19th Annual Leadership Service Award on Thursday, February 13, on Capitol Hill. Inhofe… Read More
Humco Marine Products Inc., a St. Louis-based distributor of marine equipment and supplies, recently introduced a new item: a high intensity LED strobe rescue and safety light that is… Read More
Finland-based global power-grid company ABB recently introduced an Onboard Microgrid for smaller marine vessels based on the principles of its award-winning power distribution system Onboard DC Grid. The company… Read More
FPT Industrial, Turin, Italy, the brand of CNH Industrial dedicated to the design, production and sale of powertrains for on- and off-road vehicles, marine and power-generation applications, signed a… Read More
San Francisco tour company Bay Voyager will add a 11.3-meter RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) to its fleet this spring. Designed by Naiad and currently under construction at Armstrong… Read More
Note: an updated version of this story can be found here. The Eighth Coast Guard Reported January 26 that three crew members from the mv. R.C. Creppel were missing… Read More
