This year’s devastating floods that affected a dozen states came in the aftermath of the “bomb cyclone” that struck the entire Midwest. The Missouri River, in particular, suffered unprecedented… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
With the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., beginning a slow fall, the New Orleans Engineer District began closing bays at the Bonnet Carré Spillway… Read More
At least 28 vessels were waiting for permission to enter the Houston Ship Channel late on March 24 as a portion of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed… Read More
Authorities in Hardin County, Tenn., recovered a body in Pickwick Lake, but it had not been identified at press time, nor was it known whether the find was related… Read More
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., announced the delivery of the Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) unit, tug Wachapreague and barge DOUBLE SKIN 803 to the Vane Brothers, Baltimore, Md., March… Read More
Does anyone in the federal government understand the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program? The recent report by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) details… Read More
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, was recently honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as one of five… Read More
A contractor crew lifted steel bulkheads on the upstream side of the St. Anthony Falls Lock on March 20, a tricky maneuver completed in advance of anticipated high flows… Read More
Attackers of the Jones Act have a bad habit of ignoring the inland waterways and considering only blue-water indicators of its success. They point to the shrinkage of the… Read More
Kirby Inland Marine announced March 18 that it has selected Furuno as the electronics of choice for its new generation of Subchapter M towboats. The first of three… Read More
