For the 29th consecutive year, Port Freeport received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The Moro Bay Ferry, which operated on the Ouachita River in Bradley County, Ark., was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places along with five Arkansas properties built… Read More
The Panama Canal Authority reported October 11 that it closed its 2018 fiscal year with a record tonnage of 442.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), which represents a 9.5 percent… Read More
At its 92nd annual meeting at Southview Country Club, West St. Paul, Minn., September 20, the Upper Mississippi Waterway Association (UMWA) elected Taylor Luke of LS Marine as chairman of… Read More
Final steps in the separation of Trinity Industries Inc. into two independent publicly-traded companies, Trinity Industries and Arcosa Marine Products Inc., will take place November 1 when a stock distribution… Read More
Following on the heels of the “minibus” bill that included funding for the Corps of Engineers and some federal agencies for fiscal year 2019, the Senate and House have passed… Read More
For the second time ever, the Corps of Engineers has employed a well-trained dog to deter nuisance birds from an inland lock and dam system. Breeze, a blue merle, smooth-coated… Read More
Last week, we ran a piece about how barge movements are not showing any dramatic impacts so far from the tariff wars with China, including a large drop in soy… Read More
The Corps of Engineers temporarily reduced reservoir releases into the Missouri River in response to heavy rains and runoff in Kansas and Missouri, the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division… Read More
Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering Corporation (OT&BE), a naval architecture and marine engineering firm specializing in articulated tug/barge (ATB) design, announced October 11 that it is now a member of… Read More
