Capt. Joy Manthey. A childhood passion turned into an esteemed career for Capt. Joy Manthey and made her a trailblazer for women in the towboat and barge industry. A young… Read More
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By Ken Kolb, Special to The Waterways Journal Walter Sons has mastered the art of nearly every shipbuilding skill. From blasting and painting to welding and fitting, he’s done it all. Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District held a groundbreaking ceremony October 23 for Reach A of the Morganza to the Gulf Storm Risk Reduction System in southern Louisiana. The… Read More
The Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) has set a new container record after surpassing 3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) through September, the earliest the port has ever… Read More
We write often about America’s unparalleled system of rivers and inland waterways and how they connect farmers, exporters and manufacturers with markets overseas. When they are operating smoothly, even though… Read More
On November 5, voters in Louisiana will get to decide how the state allocates money for coastal restoration. An amendment called the Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection… Read More
Louisiana-based Conrad Shipyard successfully delivered the first Yard, Repair, Berthing, Messing (YRBM) vessel to the U.S. Navy this month, marking a significant milestone in the shipyard’s longstanding history of shipbuilding… Read More
In a recent maritime cybersecurity presentation, Joshua Shreve, a cybersecurity specialist with the Coast Guard’s Sector Ohio Valley, said that 66 percent of organizations report being hit by ransomware in… Read More
Roger Olson, Louisville District Dam Safety’s Upper Kentucky Basin Coordinator (right), explains the DamBot 1.0’s capabilities to Louisville District Taylorsville Lake teammates CJ Bostic (left) and Mike Crain (middle), prior… Read More
Carbon scoring—that is, measuring and assessing the various ways that certain activities emit carbon dioxide, methane or other greenhouse gases—is becoming more and more important for two reasons. It is… Read More
