The Walla Walla (Wash.) Engineer District closed navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers beginning January 14 for a scheduled 11-week outage. The extended closure will allow… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
An $8.7 million federal grant announced January 25 is designed to prevent accidents between highway traffic and trucks that load and unload barges on the Ohio River near Marietta,… Read More
The Little Rock and Tulsa Engineer districts are conducting a 30-day public comment period starting on February 1 and lasting until March 1 for the draft Supplemental Environmental… Read More
By Conrad Appel Former Louisiana State Senator My favorite political expression is one attributed to Albert Einstein. To paraphrase in my words, “The… Read More
Media advertising dollars began moving from print to the internet in the 1990s, and the still-accelerating trend has doomed many print publications. Layoffs and buyouts have hit the… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company has repowered its triple-screw mv. Louise S with Mitsubishi propulsion from Laborde Products. “With a long working history with Laborde Products, it was… Read More
Capt. Charles F. Lehman, 91, of Louisville, Ky., a longtime and influential industry leader as vice president-government affairs for American Commercial Barge Line, died on January 20 at… Read More
Steve Schappell • Steve Schappell has been appointed senior vice president of logistics and network operations for American Commercial Barge Line, where he is responsible for the… Read More
The Port of New Orleans passed two resolutions January 18 to expedite the St. Bernard Transportation Corridor, a roadway to connect the new, $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal (LIT)… Read More
By Mark Thomas Key Equipment Finance Mark Thomas Marine industry companies—whether they focus on workboats, transportation vessels or marine construction ships—have similar objectives: grow the business,… Read More
