The small city of Wabasha, Minn., held a public meeting October 19 to invite public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for a planned barge terminal it wants to… Read More
News
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.
With little to no remaining upriver storage, it will take rain, and plenty of it, for the river to rise, but long-range forecasts offer hope. Randy Chamness, co-chairman of the… Read More
PTL Marine’s Memphis location has been doing business nonstop – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – for a half century. In noting the 50-year milestone during a… Read More
With its permit from the Corps of Engineers for its barge dock on the Ohio River in hand, Nucor Steel West Virginia conducted a groundbreaking ceremony October 20 for its… Read More
On July 17, Russia repudiated its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement between the United Nations, Turkey, and Ukraine that allowed grain exports from Ukraine… Read More
Amogy Inc., a pioneer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions, recently announced its expansion to Houston, with renovation underway on a 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility within its four acres of… Read More
Entact LLC, a Dallas-based provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services, announced September 18 that it has acquired White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. Based in Norton Shores,… Read More
Vanderbilt University’s Climate Change Initiative is working with the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition and others to study how to make barge transportation even more environmentally friendly. Read More
American Mine Services, Boulder, Colo., was awarded a $2.4 million contract by the St. Paul Engineer District to construct bulkhead slots on the intermediate wall and river wall upstream… Read More
As Mississippi River levels continue to sink, barge traffic from the Arkansas River is being restricted. After dipping briefly on October 18 to -12 feet at Memphis,… Read More
