December 12, 2025 With a solid bipartisan vote, the House easily approved a roughly $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026. By a roll call of 312… 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 Nashville Engineer District has awarded employees who supported back-to-back repairs at Wilson and Pickwick locks with its Hedgehog Award, recognizing excellence in the performance of their duties. Nearly 50… Read More
Mitzi Mason Mitzi Mason, Paducah Rigging Mitzi Mason, who has served as general manager of Paducah Rigging’s Kentucky facility, is transitioning to a new role within the company. While she… Read More
Davie Defense—a U.S. defense shipbuilder and part of Inocea, a privately held British-based marine industrial group with operations spanning the United States, Canada and Finland—announced December 3 that… Read More
The Vacuum Oil Company was founded in Rochester, N.Y., in 1866. Standard Oil purchased the company in 1879. By 1904, it began using “Mobiloil” as a brand name for… Read More
Dardanelle Lock and Dam on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) reopened at 9:09 a.m. December 3 after being closed 12 days because of a tow alliding with… Read More
The mv. Sierra Dawn, operated by St. Louis-based American River Transportation Company (ARTCo), marked the closing of the navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River as it pushed the… Read More
Coden, Ala.-based Master Boat Builders has announced plans to build a new $60 million, 150,000-square-foot defense- and government-focused shipbuilding facility, which will be located directly across from the company’s… Read More
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council is scheduled to meet December 11 in Washington, D.C. and hold a public vote on a final draft report on possibly… Read More
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc. (HFL) announced December 3 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the river division of Campbell Transportation Company (CTC). The transaction… Read More
