In celebration of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s 90th anniversary in 2023, TVA is offering a chance for the public to tour several of its dams. The tours will… 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.
The Mobile Engineer District has released the Draft Feasibility Report and integrated Environmental Assessment (Draft FR/EA) of a study that aims to restore fish passage between the Gulf of… Read More
One of the enduring outgrowths of Hurricane Katrina, at least as it relates to the ports and waterways, is the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team and the… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) held its annual Maritime Training Benefit Luncheon April 20 in Houston to highlight and raise support for the organization’s Center for Maritime Education, which… Read More
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, recently urged the chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to… Read More
The morning of Saturday, May 6, the CSX movable rail bridge that spans the Mobile River at Mile 14 incurred a mechanical issue that left the bridge in an… Read More
A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22. “That will… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on the development of guidance on zero-emission port equipment, heavy-duty vehicles and fueling infrastructure under potentially multiple funding programs… Read More
For mariners, as with Capt. Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise, space, it seems, is the final frontier, now that the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)… Read More
Here is a list of U.S. Maritime Administration Small Shipyard Grant recipients located on the inland rivers and Gulf Coast (See Washington Waves for more information):… Read More
