Author: Waterways Journal

Kirby Corporation on July 28 announced net earnings for the second quarter of $28.5 million or $0.47 per share, compared with $10.2 million or $0.17 per share for the same… Read More

The Galveston Engineer District has awarded eTrac, a Woolpert Company, an architect-engineer contract to provide hydrographic surveying and mapping services within the Galveston District and potentially the Corps’ Southwest Division. The five-year, multiple… Read More

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) welcomed a new leader, as Col. Teresa Schlosser, ERDC’s first female commander, relinquished command to Lt. Col Christian Patterson, its first… Read More

The Southeast Texas Waterway Advisory Council (SETWAC) was recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard as the Harbor Safety Committee of the Year for the period of 2020 through 2022. During… Read More

Capt. Vernon Sturgeon, 92, of Paducah, Ky., a longtime towboat captain, died July 13 at Providence Pointe Nursing Home. He started working on the river at 13 and retired as… Read More

The Alabama Port Authority released its 2022 year-to-date container volumes on July 7, showing double and triple-digit growth across all types of containerized cargo movements.  The port’s largest growth continues… Read More

The Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission along the Mississippi Gulf Coast is continuing work on a new maritime dock and railroad facility at Port Bienville Industrial Park. The industrial… Read More

The Port of Corpus Christi in south Texas moved 15.2 million tons of cargo in May, a 9 percent year-over-year increase from the same month in 2021. Total shipments of… Read More

The Vicksburg Engineer District held a ship-out ceremony at the Vicksburg Harbor on July 18 to commemorate the deployment of the Mat Sinking Unit for its annual season of revetment. Read More