Washington, D.C.—A top official with one of the nation’s largest ports urged Congress to prioritize waterways, ports and other transportation assets critical to the nation’s economy when providing federal… 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.
Fred Biermann • Alberici Constructors Inc. has promoted Fred Biermann to executive vice president and created a new Integrated Project Services Department to be headed by John Smith. Read More
The Tulsa Engineer District reports that Webbers Falls Lock, No. 16 on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas Waterway System at Mile 366.6, will be closed to navigation traffic for one week… Read More
Still without a project partnership agreement, funding for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project is in danger of lapsing. The project, on the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Ill.,… Read More
Angie Yu, president of Two Rivers Fisheries, shows some of the prototype products being developed from carp being processed at her facility in Wickliffe, Ky. They include salt carp… Read More
Kentucky Lock, at Tennessee River Mile 22.4, has been closed for repairs since a mechanical failure on January 24. According to a navigation notice from the Nashville… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it is seeking public comment on the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 and holding three stakeholder sessions to receive… Read More
This issue of The Waterways Journal includes two important stories about invasive carp. One story details how businesses in Wickliffe, Ky., are betting on the continued presence of… Read More
The Inland Waterways Authority of India announced recently that the government-owned Cochin Shipyard is slated to build India’s first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel. A memorandum of understanding… Read More
Black carp, an invasive fish species in North America, are now known to be established in the wild in parts of the Mississippi River basin, according to a new… Read More
