The New Orleans Engineer District has announced changes to the closure plan for repairs to the Harvey Canal Sector Gate. The gate was originally planned to be closed… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The U.S. Coast Guard, the oldest of the nation’s armed military service branches, has not always gotten the respect it has earned and deserves. Historically it has not… Read More
Watco Companies LLC, Pittsburg, Kan., and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management announced January 4 the formation of a strategic partnership and a definitive agreement whereby Oaktree has committed… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District reports that the Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) completed its 2018 season January 11, 2019. During the season, the MSU placed approximately 200,000 squares… Read More
A Corps of Engineers contractor began prepping for winter maintenance on a foggy river morning at Lock and Dam 4, in Alma, Wis., in mid-December. On this morning the crew… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is seeking comments on a plan to briefly lower the Mississippi River elevation south of the St. Anthony Falls for an inspection of the… Read More
ExxonMobil announced January 15 that its global network of lubricants-blending and -packaging plants, which manufacture all Mobil-branded products, has received the Zero Waste to Landfill Silver validation from UL. Read More
Jones Walker LLP announced January 10 that key attorneys from maritime law firm Fowler Rodriguez—including trial lawyer George J. Fowler III—have joined the firm’s New Orleans, Houston and Miami… Read More
Ernest Reed Capt. Ernest T. Reed, 63, of Caseyville, Ill., died on January 2 at his residence. Ernest was a U.S. Army Reserves Veteran. He worked as… Read More
Freddy L. Smith died January 4 at his home in McCrory, Ark. He was 69. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he received two Purple… Read More
