The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded two grants totaling more than half a million dollars to the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission (SEMORPC) in Perryville, Mo., for two… Read More
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In the river industry scramble to attain the certificates of inspection (COIs) necessary to comply with the recently enforced Subchapter M requirements, one company has racked up a number of… Read More
The Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI) group said that the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA), released in November, affirms its warning to take overt actions to protect the… Read More
Note: the following letter was sent to U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and shared with The Waterways Journal. The Olmsted Locks and Dam between Paducah, Ky., and Cairo, Ill.,… Read More
Capt. Larry Starker, 79, of Aurora, Ind., died October 17. He started his long river career on the Aurora ferry in 1957. The next year, he joined The Ohio River… Read More
The nation’s last authentic overnight steamboat may once again cruise the rivers of America’s heartland and deep south. On November 27, the U.S. House of Representatives reinstated an exemption to… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District’s Final Preferred Plan for its Brandon Lock and Dam was released November 26, after much controversy and many delays. The array of measures designed to… Read More
RiverWorks Discovery has announced the winner of its 2018 “Waterways Build America” Photo Contest. The contest, cosponsored by Waterways Council Inc. and The Waterways Journal, was held online in four… Read More
As its annual meeting and board of directors meeting in Chicago on November 14, Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) named Peter Stephaich as its chairman of the board. Stephaich is chairman… Read More
Kohler, a company specializing in power systems, has expanded its lineup of marine generators with the addition of one- and three-phase models featuring Kohler Tier 3 diesel engines. In addition… Read More
