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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.

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration

April 1, 2022

Now in its 40th year, the Lock Maintenance Workshop has grown from a gathering of a dozen people to more than 150, including international participants. The workshop, hosted… Read More

Demolition At Ohio River L&Ds 52, 53 To Wrap Up In 2022 A blast from underwater demolition takes places November 19, 2021, at the former Ohio River Lock and Dam 53. Landside demolition at the former locks and dams 52 in Brookport, Ill., and 53 in Olmsted, Ill., was completed in 2021. The marine demolition at both projects is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

A blast from underwater demolition takes places November 19, 2021, at the former Ohio River Lock and Dam 53. Landside demolition at the former locks and dams 52 in Brookport, Ill., and 53 in Olmsted, Ill., was completed in 2021. The marine demolition at both projects is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

Demolition At Ohio River L&Ds 52, 53 To Wrap Up In 2022

April 1, 2022

Demolition at the former Ohio River locks and dams 52 and 53 in southern Illinois is expected to be complete by the end of the year. While landside… Read More

White House Announces Additional Waterways Funding Washington Waves

White House Announces Additional Waterways Funding

April 1, 2022

Washington, D.C.—The White House has announced another $2.7 billion to fund U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects throughout the country as part of its effort to strengthen ports and… Read More

Bonneville Lock Work Dwarfed by the massive structure, divers inspect a downstream navigation lock gate during an annual lock outage at Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Dwarfed by the massive structure, divers inspect a downstream navigation lock gate during an annual lock outage at Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Bonneville Lock Work

March 30, 2022

The Portland Engineer District recently released a video showing some of the work performed during a recent closure of Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. During the closure,… Read More

Mississippi River Commission Announces Schedule riverfront

Mississippi River Commission Announces Schedule

March 25, 2022

The motor vessel Mississippi is making its annual high-water tour and inspection of the Mississippi River. Public meetings will be held by the Mississippi River Commission on board the mv. Read More

Mississippi Basin Flood Outlook Shows Little Change

March 25, 2022

The National Weather Service issued an updated flood outlook for the Mississippi River basin and its sub-basins March 10 that showed little change from its previous flood outlook estimate. The… Read More

Ocean, Barge Rates Affected By Ukraine Invasion

March 25, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting disruption to oil and grain markets have raised ocean shipping rates and rates for barged grains. Over the past two weeks, ocean vessel… Read More

EF-3 Tornado Crosses Mississippi River In New Orleans tornado

EF-3 Tornado Crosses Mississippi River In New Orleans

March 25, 2022

A strong cold front stretching from the Gulf of Mexico up to Tennessee passed through southeast Louisiana in the evening hours March 22. The same storm had already generated tornadoes… Read More

Next Inland Waterways Users Board and N-MERPAC Meetings Scheduled Washington Waves

Next Inland Waterways Users Board and N-MERPAC Meetings Scheduled

March 25, 2022

Washington, D.C.—After a year-long suspension, the Inland Waterways Users Board is scheduled to meet on April 20 in its first meeting since being reactivated. Open to the public, the meeting… Read More

MobileOps Announces Integrated Marine Ordering And Operations Platform

March 25, 2022

MobileOps Inc., a designer and developer of maritime software applications (logistics, safety, compliance, vessel maintenance, scheduling, analytics) and OpenTug have teamed up to provide what they say is the… Read More