The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a $34.2 million contract to McMillen Inc., Boise, Idaho, on August 31 for construction of a steel system to allow dewatering of the Old… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
St. Louis regional ports and the St. Louis Regional Freightway are jointly supporting the Port of New Orleans’ efforts to strengthen the flow of inland river cargo with the development… Read More
Roughly 180 juniors and seniors from six area high schools participated in RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers on September 13 in Paducah, Ky. Students rotated among stations to explore… Read More
The Coast Guard issued an interim rule September 1 as the first step to implement the statutorily-mandated requirements for DUKW amphibious passenger vessels (informally known as duck boats). This statutory… Read More
Donna Kay Griffen York, 81, of Paducah, Ky., a longtime employee of Crounse Corporation, died September 7 at Clinton Place in Clinton, Ky. She retired from Crounse after 35 years… Read More
A state grant announced in July will help the Henderson County Riverport Authority to replace and upgrade its dry fertilizer scale. Announced in July, the Kentucky Riverport Improvement (KRI) grant,… Read More
By James A. Kearns III Jones Walker LP As previously reported by The Waterways Journal, the Capital Construction Fund (CCF) program of the Maritime Administration was recently amended to make… Read More
Consolidated Grain & Barge Company (CGB) has announced that it has acquired JB Shipyards in St. Louis, Mo. Renamed CGB St. Louis Shipyard, the facility will employ 35 people, with… Read More
Steiner Construction Company, Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently completed a second 88- by 34-foot, 2,600 hp. towboat for Evansville (Ind.) Marine Service Inc. Built on a design of Farrell &… Read More
This issue features a story about the latest round of port security grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is just one of several federal agencies that make grants… Read More
