TORC Robotics and Caterpillar first launched their RemoteTask remote control system for Cat D Series skid steer, multi terrain and compact track loaders in late 2015. Now the two companies… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced April 17 that the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will receive an $18.5 million grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council… Read More
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) achieved 14 percent growth in March container volumes, moving 355,208 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers. For the fiscal year to date (July-March), TEU container trade… Read More
Technology Associates Inc., a New Orleans, La.-based maritime solutions company, has completed the contract for the design and construction of a high-speed foil-assisted hydrographic survey vessel. The Norfolk Engineer District… Read More
According to a study by the University of Georgia, the state’s ports support 439,220 full- and part-time jobs, or one in 11 jobs across the state. The study, performed by… Read More
Hydra Force LLC, a hydraulics equipment manufacturer based in Belle Chasse, La., has developed a new rudder angle indicator for the marine industry. The new product has been in the… Read More
A total closure of the Ohio River at the Belleville (W.Va.) Locks and Dam near Mile 204 took place April 11, after a hydraulic line failure occurred in the main… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has increased its Missouri Basin runoff forecast for 2018 to 30.2 million acre feet (maf.). The forecast has been increasing each month this year; in March,… Read More
Amid continued news cycle alarms and market turmoil from the tariff wars between the U.S. and China, a number of signs bring somewhat positive news for barging. Those threatened Chinese… Read More
The mv. Michael Poindexter, operated by American Commercial Barge Line LLC, punched a 12-barge tow through the remaining Lake Pepin ice April 10 to open the commercial navigation season on… Read More
