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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.

Seatrium Announces Delivery Of Dredge Frederick Paup

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Seatrium Announces Delivery Of Dredge Frederick Paup

January 23, 2026

Seatrium has announced the delivery of the trailing suction hopper dredge Frederick Paup to Manson Construction from its shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. Measuring 420 feet long with an 81-foot beam… Read More

Museum Seeks Boat Simulator Funding Lindsey Launius, executive director of the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., pilots the center’s boat simulator. The museum is seeking donations of $30,000 or nine slightly-used, high-end gaming computers capable of running $100,000 in donated modern software. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Lindsey Launius, executive director of the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., pilots the center’s boat simulator. The museum is seeking donations of $30,000 or nine slightly-used, high-end gaming computers capable of running $100,000 in donated modern software. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Museum Seeks Boat Simulator Funding

January 23, 2026

The River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., is asking for industry and community support to upgrade its boat simulator, which the director described as a cornerstone exhibit. The… Read More

Marquette Christens Mv. John Paul Eckstein, Honors Longtime President 260126 JPE Christening aerial

Marquette Christens Mv. John Paul Eckstein, Honors Longtime President

January 23, 2026

When Marquette Transportation Company signed the contract on a new 10,000 hp. towboat from Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine and Repair, company CEO Damon Judd said he knew from early… Read More

Eckstein Receives Rivers HoF Achievement Award Kurt Strand (right), president and CEO of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, speaks at the christening of the mv. John Paul Eckstein, held in New Orleans January 10. Strand and Capt. Corky Bickel (left) presented the National Rivers Hall of Fame's National Achievement Award to John Eckstein, executive chairman of Marquette Transportation Company. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Kurt Strand (right), president and CEO of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, speaks at the christening of the mv. John Paul Eckstein, held in New Orleans January 10. Strand and Capt. Corky Bickel (left) presented the National Rivers Hall of Fame's National Achievement Award to John Eckstein, executive chairman of Marquette Transportation Company. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Eckstein Receives Rivers HoF Achievement Award

January 23, 2026

During the January 10 christening ceremony in New Orleans for Marquette Transportation Company’s new flagship towboat, the mv. John Paul Eckstein, Kurt Strand, president and CEO of the National… Read More

Washington Waves: Waterway News From D.C.

January 23, 2026

After receiving overwhelming approval in both chambers of Congress, a three-bill appropriations package for fiscal year (FY) 2026 that includes funding for Energy and Water Development was ready to go… Read More

Frontieras Closes On Ohio River Property

January 23, 2026

Frontieras North America, a clean hydrocarbon technology company, has closed on the purchase of 183 acres along the Ohio River north of Point Pleasant, W.Va., where it plans to build… Read More

Federal Court Denies Jones Act Challenge

January 23, 2026

A federal court shot down a lawsuit January 20 that challenged the Jones Act through an obscure provision of the Constitution. In what Jennifer Carpenter, president of the American Waterways… Read More

Congress Could Quadruple Small Ship Grants

January 23, 2026

Dave Matsuda, former Maritime Administrator and currently a transportation consultant and founder of the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition, has an urgent message for all operators and owners of small shipyards:… Read More

Grant Funds Owensboro Port Road, Storage Pad

January 23, 2026

The Owensboro (Ky.) Riverport Authority is receiving $1.12 million in grant funds to construct an access road and an additional storage and loading area to support rail infrastructure expansion. Kentucky… Read More

Lunday Sworn In As 28th Coast Guard Commandant 260119 Kevin Lunday

Lunday Sworn In As 28th Coast Guard Commandant

January 23, 2026

The U.S. Coast Guard held a formal swearing in and assumption of command ceremony January 15 for Adm. Kevin Lunday as the 28th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard during… Read More

HFL Takes Delivery Of Two New Towboats A profile of the mv. Sawtooth, a new towboat that Eymard Marine Construction & Repair built for Hines Furlong Line. (Photos by Karl Morley)

HFL Takes Delivery Of Two New Towboats

January 16, 2026

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc., in the headlines recently for having entered into an agreement to acquire the river division of Campbell Transportation Company, has added two new… Read More

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