The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) held its 2026 Low Water Inspection Trip last week, hosting listening sessions in four cities. It was the second of the MRC’s two annual… Read More
Environment
California’s Commercial Harbor Craft (CHC) regulation, a long-time bane of the maritime industry that requires most commercial harbor craft to attach expensive, untested and (the marine industry claims)… Read More
Bluecore Energy, based in Long Beach, Calif., is developing a system to deliver clean energy to the maritime industry. In a world where the need for reliable power sources… Read More
The latest weekly report on water levels in the upper Missouri River, posted July 21 by the Northwest District of the Corps of Engineers, didn’t change the outlook substantially. Read More
Trekking through the Couturie Forest in New Orleans’ City Park on a quick nature walk, I find that fog limits visibility, and mist hides the birds I can Sean… Read More
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) released a new report April 30 highlighting the opportunity to strengthen U.S. energy security and economic… Read More
This year’s River and Marine Industry Conference of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association — the 42nd straight meeting of what has been called the “Super Bowl” of… Read More
Spring rains have caused high flows on the Allegheny and Beaver rivers in the Pittsburgh region, with construction barges breaking free and going over a dam downriver earlier this… Read More
The Galveston Engineer District, in collaboration with the Texas General Land Office, the Port of Bay City and Matagorda County, announced a contract award worth $83.3 million December 19 for… Read More
The “WOTUS wars” have been pushed out of the headlines in recent months, but on November 17, President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced yet another redefinition of “waters of… Read More
