While the more economical cost and other advantages of waterborne transportation have always been recognized, appreciated and taken advantage of by shippers, their traditional caveats have had to do with… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Mariners working on U.S. rivers may take a modified basic firefighting course when seeking certain credentials, under a new Coast Guard ruling. The Coast Guard has issued a final rule… Read More
The Coast Guard published its final firefighting rule for towboaters in the October 3 Federal Register. As the culmination of a long tug of war between the Coast Guard and… Read More
Lawrence Wesley Matteson, 93, of Davenport, Iowa, passed away on October 18. Matteson worked at First Mississippi as a crane operator maintaining fertilizer containment ponds prior to… Read More
SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced October 24 that it has signed an agreement to sell Inland River Transport Holdings LLC (SCF Marine) to Ingram Barge Company. The deal involves only SCF’s… Read More
Port Muskogee, Okla., announced recently that a New Mexico-based company has chosen Muskogee for expansion. Although the port didn’t initially name the group, subsequent reports identified it as JKLM… Read More
Amogy Inc., a pioneer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions, recently announced its expansion to Houston, with renovation underway on a 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility within its four acres of… Read More
Entact LLC, a Dallas-based provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services, announced September 18 that it has acquired White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. Based in Norton Shores,… Read More
American Mine Services, Boulder, Colo., was awarded a $2.4 million contract by the St. Paul Engineer District to construct bulkhead slots on the intermediate wall and river wall upstream… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is seeking public comments on its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Lower Pool 4 Big Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement project on… Read More
