The New Orleans Engineer District has extended the public review and comment periods for its Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock Replacement Draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and integrated Supplemental… 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.
The new medium class hopper dredge replacing the Dredge McFarland will be named in honor of the late Ray Donnelly. The late Ray Donnelly, who retired as chief… Read More
On June 12, President Donald Trump revoked an agreement by the Biden administration that opened a pathway to demolishing four dams on the Lower Snake River in the Pacific Northwest. Read More
On June 30, the Mobile Engineer District opened the doors to its new district headquarters building in downtown Mobile, Ala. The Mobile District held a ribbon cutting ceremony along with… Read More
Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners LLC, a leading provider of maritime financing solutions primarily focused on Jones Act vessels, has announced that an entity controlled by one of its managed funds… Read More
The Ohio River closed briefly July 1 after two Louisville Engineer District boats were swept through the tainter gate at Olmsted Locks and Dam (Ohio River Mile 964.4) after one… Read More
With the recent increase in foreign tariffs on certain imports into the United States, the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority has gained its first foreign-trade zone customer, 10 years after establishing… Read More
The Government Accountability Office released a report June 25 to the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that urges the U.S. Coast Guard to improve data collection to… Read More
A towing vessel grounded on a submerged jetty last year after the captain maneuvered too close to a bank of the Ohio River, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) hosted this year’s World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON) June 23–27 in San Diego, Calif. The 24th annual WODCON carried the theme “Dredging Towards a… Read More
