A record number of guests attended the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) 18th annual River Bell Awards Luncheon this year to honor selected individuals for their contributions to the inland… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The Alabama State Port Authority and APM Terminals boards of directors in separate actions have approved a $49.5 million expansion of the container facility at the Port of Mobile. Read More
The past year was full of challenges for the inland waterways, and the maritime industry generally. Some of these were somewhat under its control and others were quite beyond… Read More
After a lull of many years, barges are again running cement between Kansas City, Mo., and Omaha, Neb. On December 1, the mv. Smitty departed Omaha after offloading the… Read More
Each day, tens of thousands of tons of waterborne freight move quietly along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS). Commodities like wheat and soybeans; raw, processed and scrap… Read More
By John Woolard Due to gross excess capacity, U.S. inland barge operators are experiencing an industry-wide “perfect storm” resulting in diminishing volume per barge, a 40 percent decline… Read More
The boomer generation well remembers the famous career advice given to a young Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman in his breakout role in The Graduate, by an industrialist… Read More
The mv. Pere Marquette was the last vessel to depart St. Paul, Minn., in 2017, leaving November 28 and pushing five barges filled with grains and soybeans, the St. Read More
The Corps of Engineers reduced releases from Gavins Point Dam to the winter release rate of 21,500 cubic feet per second (cfs.) on December 4, ending the navigation season… Read More
Following minor delays both at the lock and a nearby drawbridge, the Harvey Canal Lock is set to reopen to navigation December 17. The lock closed on September… Read More
