A wire nut lodged in a valve resulted in the partial sinking of a towing vessel and more than $176,000 in damage, the National Transportation Safety Board reported April… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
By Ken Kolb When the container ship Dali crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, the entire country was reminded of the importance of maintaining safe… Read More
“We share [Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works] Michael Connor’s goal of attending fewer ground-breakings and more ribbon-cuttings,” said Spencer Murphy, chairman of the Inland Waterways Users… Read More
When American Equity Underwriters (AEU) announced the recipients for its 2023 AEU Safety Award, given annually to the American Longshore Mutual Association members with the most effective safety programs,… Read More
Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor opened the shipping season earlier this month with the arrival of the mv. Jamno. The bulk carrier sailed from the Port of Ijmuiden, Netherlands,… Read More
Houston, Pa.-based Campbell Transportation Company held a renaming ceremony February 27 for the mv. Christie Lee, one of the towboats Campbell added to its fleet through the 2023 acquisition… Read More
The Waterways Journal is announcing the recipients of the 2024 IMX 40 Under 40 Awards. Now in its seventh year, the IMX 40 Under 40 Award recognizes young… Read More
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has announced a strategic partnership with Royal IHC to design and build a highly automated hopper dredge for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read More
The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans recently selected new officers, electing Walter J. Leger Jr. to serve as board chairman, James J. Carter Jr. as… Read More
The Corps of Engineers reported only slight improvement in the runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River Basin. “The overall lack of snowpack in both the plains and… Read More
