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Waterways Council Inc.’s board of directors has unanimously elected Tracy Zea as the organization’s new president and CEO.  He immediately assumed his new duties effective July 8. With a broad… Read More

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief June 16 detailing the March 7, 2019, allision between Kirby Inland Marine’s mv. Leviticus and its tow and barges… Read More

The Mississippi River in New Orleans just wrapped up close to six months above 11 feet at the Carrollton Gage, the trigger point for Phase 1 flood fight operations on… Read More

Capt. Otis Leroy Blasingim Jr., 66, a longtime harbor pilot in the Hartford/Wood River, Ill., area, died July 2 at his home after a long battle with cancer. A U.S. Read More

A crew member on the mv. Mary Artie Brannon went overboard July 5, and his body was recovered less than two hours later.  Perry County, Ind., Coroner Warren Taylor identified… Read More

The long-planned closure of six Illinois River locks and dams began July 1, with the full closure of LaGrange Lock and Dam and Starved Rock Lock and Dam to extend… Read More

The Coast Guard’s Regional Examination Centers and Monitoring Units were closed to the public due to the COVID-19 crisis on March 19. On July 8, the Coast Guard announced in… Read More

Economy Boat Store (EBS) has announced the immediate launch of a new online grocery ordering system for all its customers along the Mississippi River. Developed in partnership with Freshop, an… Read More

Venture Global LNG, the company with plans to build a liquified natural gas export facility on the west bank of Plaquemines Parish, La., has announced a partnership with Delgado Community… Read More