Following protests and a lawsuit by local fishermen and anti-carbon groups, a federal judge in Louisiana issued an injunction that could lead to a revocation of a permit for Energy… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The 2018 Inland Waterways Conference will be held at the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans’ French Quarter March 19–21. Sponsored by Maritime Meetings, the conference will feature speakers from the… Read More
The mv. Ms. Nancy C, owned by Choctaw Transportation Company, sank March 6 in Everett Lake near Dyersburg, Tenn. Everett Lake is a back channel connected to the Lower Mississippi… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District announced March 2 that it is continuing its flood control operation by using flood control storage in Lake Barkley to help mitigate the ongoing flood event… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Water Management Division has raised its forecast of Missouri River Basin runoff in 2018. The Corps now expects 29 million acre feet (maf.) of… Read More
Marquette Transportation Company’s new Z-drive towboat mv. Cindy L. Erickson is in service, shown here on its first trip with 28 barges on the Lower Mississippi River at Gramercy, La. Read More
Ozinga celebrated its 90th anniversary as a family-owned and -operated business March 2. Over the years, the company has grown from a single horse-and-buggy operation in Evergreen Park, Ill., into… Read More
President Donald Trump has succeeded in roiling his enemies, his economic advisers, his party, the media and international markets in announcing his intention to levy broad tariffs against all imported… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District began a scheduled three-month maintenance project last week that will result in considerable delays at Emsworth and Dashields locks on the Ohio River. The work requires… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District posted the latest ice thickness measurements of Lake Pepin, taken March 7. They show that the ice is still about two feet thick near… Read More
