The Memphis Engineer District held a groundbreaking ceremony in Caruthersville, Mo., April 3 to celebrate a federally funded project to replace the Caruthersville Mississippi River floodwall. The estimated contract award… Read More
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The Arkansas Waterways Commission announced April 4 that the Arkansas Port, Intermodal and Waterway Development Grant Program is accepting applications for the 2022 grant season. A total of $1,952,102.55 in… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, La., announced April 7 that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the design and construction of two… Read More
The project to build a new lock chamber at Emsworth Dam on the Ohio River received an additional $77 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental funding, the… Read More
Campbell Transportation Company Inc., a fully integrated marine services company, announced April 1 that it has purchased the marine assets of E Squared Marine Service LLC. Campbell said the acquisition… Read More
Reservoir inflows in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, were well below average in March, the Corps of Engineers reported April 4. The March runoff of 1.5 million… Read More
President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, released March 29, requests $6.6 billion for the Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works program. This year’s budget request highlights include: • About… Read More
Kirby Corporation announced March 30 it has signed a commercial agreement for its wholly owned subsidiary, Kirby Offshore Wind, to provide barge transportation services for offshore wind towers and turbines… Read More
The Waterways Journal is announcing the recipients of the 2022 IMX 40 Under 40 Awards. Now in its fifth year, the IMX 40 Under 40 Award recognizes young professionals for… Read More
Luhr Bros. Inc., a third-generation family-owned business based in Columbia, Ill., and Bertucci Contracting LLC, a 145-year-old subsidiary of Crosby Enterprises, based in Jefferson, La., have joined operations to become… Read More