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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.

Coloring Book Illustrates River Life

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Coloring Book Illustrates River Life

July 10, 2026

Life on the river can be hard for children to picture. Amber Box hopes her first coloring book, “Blue Collar Kids: Towboats At Work,” helps change that. Read More

House Leaders To Trump: Let Jones Act Waiver Expire

July 10, 2026

Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, including Speaker Mike Johnson and 51 members of Congress, urged President Donald Trump in a July 1 letter to allow the temporary… Read More

BUILD Grant To Fund Jeffersonville Port Expansion

July 10, 2026

Ports of Indiana announced July 7 that it has been awarded a $25 million federal Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant that will support a $32 million… Read More

New Orleans Trade Leader Talks Port Development

July 10, 2026

Michael Hecht recently told The Waterways Journal, “Our infrastructure is catching up to global shipping realities.” Hecht heads Greater New Orleans, Inc., the regional economic development… Read More

Moran Towing Completes Bisso Integration

July 10, 2026

Moran Towing Corporation and Bisso Towboat Company announced the completion of their integration July 1. The plan to integrate was originally announced October 2. Effective July 1,… Read More

IMX Session Discusses Shipyard Funding

Panelists at the funding and financing session at the 2026 Inland Marine Expo, titled “Making the Most of the Moment: Updates on the MarAd Capital Construction Fund and Small Shipyard Grant Programs,” discussed funding opportunities for shipyards through U.S. Maritime Administration programs. Pictured from left to right: Dave Matsuda, principal of Matsuda & Associates LLC; Erica Young, director of the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition; and David Gilmore, director of the office of marine financing at MarAd. (Photo courtesy of ECN Photography)

IMX Session Discusses Shipyard Funding

July 10, 2026

Associates of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) representing the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition and the Capital Construction Program discussed funding opportunities for U.S. shipyards during the funding and financing… Read More

Washington Waves: Waterway News From D. C.

July 10, 2026

By Jim Myers WJ Washington Correspondent A key House committee postponed a scheduled markup of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 “until… Read More

$24 Million Grant Advances Paducah Port A $24 million federal BUILD grant, paired with a required 20 percent match through a Kentucky grant program, will allow construction of the first phase of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority’s Riverport West Project at Ohio River Mile 944. This rendering shows the 650-foot dock with three barge berths and two rail sidings. (Image courtesy of Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering)

A $24 million federal BUILD grant, paired with a required 20 percent match through a Kentucky grant program, will allow construction of the first phase of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority’s Riverport West Project at Ohio River Mile 944. This rendering shows the 650-foot dock with three barge berths and two rail sidings. (Image courtesy of Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering)

$24 Million Grant Advances Paducah Port

July 10, 2026

A $24 million federal Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant will allow the first phase of construction on the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority’s Riverport West project. Read More

WIMOs Launches New Louisiana Bayou Chapter

July 2, 2026

Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) has announced it has launched its newest chapter in the Louisiana Bayou area. WIMOs, founded in 2017, is a New Orleans, La.-based nonprofit… Read More

New Barge-Served Mill To Double In Size

July 2, 2026

Hybar LLC announced June 26 that it has raised $1.1 billion to build a second technologically advanced, environmentally sustainable scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill (known as the Expansion… Read More

Crounse Barge Honors Country’s 250th NABRICO Marine Products constructed a special hopper barge for Crounse Corporation to honor the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. (Photos courtesy of Crounse Corporation)

NABRICO Marine Products constructed a special hopper barge for Crounse Corporation to honor the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. (Photos courtesy of Crounse Corporation)

Crounse Barge Honors Country’s 250th

July 2, 2026

Crounse Corporation, based in Paducah, Ky., has taken delivery of a hopper barge that honors the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The barge, built… Read More

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