Gulf Copper, headquartered in Port Arthur, Texas, and the College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas, have partnered to create two new apprenticeships registered by the U.S. Department… Read More
News
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.
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has received a $500,000 grant from the Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust to strengthen and expand its Ministry on the River (MOR) program. Read More
Memphis Engineer District, Osceola and Arkansas officials broke ground October 7 on the $6.54 million Osceola Harbor Extension Project in Osceola, Ark. Dredging is underway to extend the… Read More
Safety and environmental stewardship are key parts of We Work The Waterways’ efforts to introduce students to careers on and around the nation’s waterways. The organization hosts Maritime… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is replacing four tainter valves at Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., as part of a $1.5 million project to replace aging navigation… Read More
Service Trucks International (STI) celebrated the opening of a 56,000-square-foot manufacturing and assembly facility with an October 2 ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its Tiger Cranes product line… Read More
Industry members gathered September 22 at the Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, for the fifth annual Inland River Seminar. Hosted by Fox Smith LLC, the event brings together professionals… Read More
Ten years after Subchapter M established a federal inspection framework for towing vessels, Tava Foret views the anniversary less as an endpoint than as the beginning of the… Read More
Most fuel that is in the tanks of trucks is B20+ diesel fuel, a mix of 80 percent petroleum diesel and 20 percent biodiesel. According to the Department of… Read More
Okie Moore has completed its fourth A-frame crane, adding heavy-lift capacity for marine construction while strengthening its ability to respond quickly to salvage operations, minimize disruptions to commercial navigation… Read More
