Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company has announced that Parker McClellan, the company’s marine operations manager, has been elected Parker McClellan senior vice president of the board of… 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.
Agriculture interests have expressed doubts about a proposed merger re-filed April 30 by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, indicating that preventing the merger could be important to preserving… Read More
By Evan Brown, Seamen’s Church Institute More than 300 maritime professionals gathered April 23 at the Hilton Americas Houston for the Seamen’s Church Institute’s annual Maritime Bell… Read More
Jones Walker LLP welcomed Kelly Haas as partner and associate Hayley Stancil as members of the Maritime Practice Group in the firm’s Bill Hines Houston office. “We… Read More
Some of the Coast Guard teams that work along the inland waterway system and in security its ports are being centralized under the agency’s new Special Missions Command, which… Read More
President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, without new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement… Read More
If you operate in the inland barge industry, you may feel like the push toward “digital transformation” showed up overnight. One day you’re running a reliable operation built… Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly affecting every area of society in what some have called the most important advance since the Industrial Revolution. At the recently concluded 42nd River… Read More
The American Equity Underwriters Inc. (AEU), the leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance for waterfront employers, announced the winners of the 2025 AEU Safety Awards on April 20. AEU,… Read More
Golding Barge Line, Vicksburg, Miss., a transporter of liquid commodities with roots dating back to 1960, recently took delivery of its 33rd towboat, the mv. Alexa Golding. The new… Read More
