Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, on May 4 reported net income of $8.8 million for the first quarter… 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.
J.F. Brennan Company has expanded its operations, opening a new Mid-South branch in Paducah, Ky. Brennan is a fourth-generation, family-owned marine construction firm headquartered in La Crosse, Wis.,… Read More
The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which have hit the oil industry especially hard, and the effects of the major winter storm in February combined to hit the… Read More
The National Coast Guard Museum Association will host a virtual panel discussion May 13 titled “Stories That Matter: Keeping Commerce Flowing Year-Round Through Changing Conditions on Inland Waterways.”… Read More
Blasting will begin in mid-May this year and last through late June 2022 to demolish the former Lock and Dam 53 near Olmsted, Ill. Daily blasting is… Read More
C&B Marine, a full-service marine company located in Covington, Ky., recently purchased the mv. Mike Bird from Kirby Inland Marine and renamed it the mv. Queen City. The 102-foot,… Read More
Former Ohio River Lock and Dam 52 property near Brookport, Ill., is being conveyed to the Metropolis-Massac Port Authority later this year. The provision was written into the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A review panel has been conducted on the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB), possibly a key step in returning the suspended board to active status. That zero-based… Read More
Sometime very soon—if it hasn’t happened already—the United States will reach a point at which the supply of vaccines for COVID-19 will outrun demand. Hundreds of millions of… Read More
In April, Encore Dredging Partners (EDP), a specialty dredging and marine infrastructure services company, and its backing company, AV Capital, announced the acquisition of RLB Contracting’s dredging division assets. Read More
