Blue Water Industries, a leading national bulk materials supplier, announced January 9 that it has entered into an agreement with Port Canaveral, Fla., terminal operator Ambassador Services International to… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Weeks Marine Inc. announced January 1 it has been acquired by Kiewit Corporation for an undisclosed amount. The transaction included Weeks subsidiaries Healy Tibbitts Builders Inc., McNally International Inc. Read More
President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared together January 4 at the Brent Spence Bridge that connects Covington, Ky., to Cincinnati, Ohio, to tout the… Read More
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), welcomed maritime safety improvements that were included in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year… Read More
Dredge America Inc. is staging equipment and supplies at the Ohio River Boat Launch in Paducah, Ky., in preparation to begin dredging the first week of March. The… Read More
David Bardelmeier David J. Bardelmeier, 85, of Edwardsville, Ill., former customer service manager of Fabick Power Systems, died December 21 at Stillwater Senior Living in Edwardsville. Before working… Read More
On December 30, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly announced that it had issued yet another “final” rule-making that defines “waters of the U.S.” The term has been a political… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Senate overwhelmingly voted to give final congressional approval to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 as part of a must-pass annual defense bill. By… Read More
Just when the waterways industry is celebrating recent funding successes in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the recently passed Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), inflation is complicating… Read More
This fall’s low water brought to mind the drought of 1988, when the barge industry faced similar hardships. Capt. Mike Rushing, now owner of Rushing Marine Service, participated in… Read More
