The Globalplex Intermodal Terminal in 1996 … Earlier this month, the Port of South Louisiana, a 54-mile port district on both sides of the Mississippi River between New… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
ExxonMobil Corporation has asked the Galveston Engineer District for permits to dredge a coker drum unloading site and a to build a coke/distillate dock at a site on the… Read More
The RemoteTASK remote control system allows terminal operators to work in tight environments, such as steel mills, ship holds and barges. (photo courtesy of Caterpillar) TORC Robotics… Read More
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… 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… 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… 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,… 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… 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… 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;… Read More
