Barge traffic resumed on the Illinois Waterway as temperatures rose and the country’s midsection recovered from the polar vortex. Jeff Lebeau, assistant lockmaster at Starved Rock Lock and… 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 announced February 24 that it has begun a Small Business Administration-certified joint venture with Ahtna Marine & Construction Company LLC. The partnership establishes a mentor-protégé… Read More
Members of U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Aransas gathered February 22 to break ground on a new 25,000-square-foot multipurpose building in Port Aransas, Texas. The station’s previous base… Read More
The teeth-rattling cold weather that blew through the South almost two weeks ago was highly unusual, and it showed, particularly in its effects on the power grid. Texas,… Read More
More than 60 people attended the Central Ohio River Business Association’s winter meeting February 18, with just over half choosing to meet in-person at BB Riverboats in Newport,… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the recently installed chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, set Memorial Day as the goal for getting the next transportation… Read More
Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visited the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on February 3 to meet with project managers and engineers… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited a lack of organizational oversight as an important contributing factor to about a third of the marine accidents on which the NTSB… Read More
Clifford Crain. Clifford H. “Skip” Crain, Cranberry Township, Pa., the last of the renowned Crain brothers, died January 26 at 80 years of age. He was a… Read More
The main chamber at Mississippi River Chain of Rocks Locks (Locks 27, near Granite City, Ill.) reopened Friday, February 19, after closing down February 1 for maintenance and… Read More
