The National Waterways Conference (NWC) will hold its 2019 annual meeting at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., September 17–19. The agenda includes a wide-ranging look at… Read More
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Recent inland waterways industry news, covering the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Missouri River, Tennessee River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and more. Articles on economic, environmental and logistic advantages of barge shipping, plus other stories pertaining to locks and dams and other waterway infrastructure.
Barge-maker Arcosa Inc. announced strong second-quarter results on August 2, with revenues increasing 23 percent and net income up 41 percent. Arcosa was spun off from Trinity Industries… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A year-long trade war between the United States and China took a dramatic turn as their tit-for-tat actions increased concerns for those in the waterways industry, farming… Read More
The 114th annual Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) seminar opened with an address by U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, the junior Republican senator from Louisiana known both for his stalwart… Read More
The Great Lakes Dredging Team (GLDT) will release a revised version of the Regional Beneficial Use Testing Manual (Environmental Evaluation and Management of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Regional… Read More
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has published a public notice requesting public comment for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s proposed Channel Deepening Project, for which… Read More
The City of Beverly, Massachusetts, was awarded a $1,400,000 grant from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development – Massachusetts Dredging Program to dredge the Bass River. The Bass… Read More
The first of Damen’s new Marine Aggregate Dredge class, a 103.5-meter (340-foot) MAD 3500, was launched at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The vessel, named CEMEX… Read More
Registration is now open for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association’s (AIWA) 20th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia, November 21 to 22. The meeting will take place at The DeSoto… Read More
Registration has opened for Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Gulf Coast and Pacific Coast Chapter Conferences. The meetings will provide a forum for the exchange of information of interest to the… Read More
