California Gov. Gavin Newsom defied a near-unanimous bipartisan majority in his state’ s legislature, as well as his state’s labor unions, to veto AB 1122, a prudent and reasonable fix… 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.
Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has announced it has been awarded a contract to build the U.S. Navy’s seventh Auxiliary Personnel Lighter-Small (APL 73) class berthing and messing barge. The contract award… Read More
New Orleans-based port chaplaincy organization Global Maritime Ministries (GMM) hosted its annual Lighthouse Gala September 19 at the Audubon Tea Room, a banquet hall adjoining the city’s Audubon Zoo. Global… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District is continuing efforts to map out a repair plan for the lower miter gates in the main chamber of Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River near… Read More
A bill recently introduced in Congress to strengthen the U.S. Navy’s shipyard support and bolster its ability to keep pace with China’s blistering progress in shipbuilding has a few words… Read More
Defying the near-unanimous bipartisan support of California’s legislators as well as the state’s labor unions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a last-minute veto of AB 1122, a marine safety bill… Read More
The devastating high winds and torrential rainfalls of Hurricane Helene slammed into southeastern states, leaving more than 200 dead in six states reported so far. Helene made landfall September 26… Read More
Updates on infrastructure projects, industry priorities and proposed legislation were part of the Tennessee River Valley Association and Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council’s annual meeting September 30-October 1 in Franklin, Tenn. Col. Read More
In the best-case scenario, the main chamber at Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River could be open in early to mid-December. In the worst, it could take months longer. That… Read More
Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River reopened at 7 a.m. October 2, 102 days after cracks in a monolith caused an unscheduled shutdown. The Mobile Engineer District is planning… Read More
