The newly formed Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative is holding its first annual meeting November 5-6 in Peoria, Ill. The IRCTI, which officially formed in February (WJ, Sept. 24,… 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.
Just a few weeks ago, crews at Peoria Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway finished installing new fencing and a new access road. It was just the latest of… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District, working in collaboration with state and federal groups, has launched the Mississippi & Illinois River Experience… Read More
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry was awarded the Maritime Person of the Year award by the New Orleans Propeller Club at a gala held September 17 at the Higgins Hotel. Read More
With the Lower Mississippi River hovering around 3 feet at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, the New Orleans Engineer District has announced plans to build an underwater sill across… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss.-based Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply (EMIS) has launched a new location in Wood River, Ill., at Upper Mississippi River Mile 198, about 20 miles below the confluence of… Read More
America’s River Roots, a celebration commemorating the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America, will take place at Cincinnati, Ohio, from about 8 a.m. October 8 through midnight… Read More
The Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, a special collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library, recently recognized John K. Brown for his book “Spanning the Gilded Age.” Nicholas Fry, curator of… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched a new Mississippi River Basin Drought and Water Dashboard. The dashboard is the result of cross-agency collaboration between NOAA, the National… Read More
Mack B. Hester Mack B. Hester, who worked as a towboat captain for 64 years for American Commercial Lines, died September 15 in Mobile, Ala., at the age of 81. Read More
