Rocket Lab USA of Long Beach, Calif., has announced the acquisition of a barge from New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company that will serve as an ocean landing platform for rockets… 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.
Shortly after midnight on April 25, 2023, the mv. Ovide J was pushing a pair of loaded crude oil barges to Chalmette Refinery’s dock, located near Mile 89 on the… Read More
The Corps of Engineers is investigating how best to obtain components to repair the lower miter gates at Lockport Lock and Dam as the navigational lock remains closed due to… Read More
Royce C. Wilken Royce C. Wilken, who spent 38 years at Archer Daniels Midland, served as the president of American River Transportation Company, and chaired both the American Waterways Operators… Read More
Most men nicknamed “Mac” have a Scottish or Irish surname that begins “Mac” or “Mc.” But according to Michael Taylor, owner of Paducah Barge, his father-in-law Mike Marshall acquired that… Read More
OpenTug, a marine logistics platform dedicated to optimizing freight efficiency on inland and coastal waterways, recently announced a shift in strategic focus from its original marketplace model to the continued… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a seepage remediation contract worth more than $7 million on February 18 to APC Construction LLC of Harvey, La. The contract was awarded as… Read More
The Central Ohio River Business Association (CORBA) held its first general meeting of 2025 on February 13 in Newport, Ky., on the Ohio River in BB Riverboat’s dockside conference facility. Read More
Washington, D.C.—Exceeding expectations, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) managed to steer a budget resolution through his chamber by a vote of 217 to 215. Now comes the hard part. Instead… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has won a reversal of a $3.8 million jury verdict in the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston. The decision reinforces and clarifies… Read More
