California’s Commercial Harbor Craft (CHC) regulation, a long-time bane of the maritime industry that requires most commercial harbor craft to attach expensive, untested and (the marine industry claims)… 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.
Before leaving for its traditional August break, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to approve a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government funded through December 11. By a… Read More
Seeing the inland river system is an important part of understanding how it works. For that reason, Waterways Council, Inc., hosts annual tours for A visit to Melvin Price… Read More
Ted Verret, the third-generation owner-operator of Verret Shipyard in Plaquemine, La., on the Morgan City to Port Allen cutoff, seemed excited about the turnout. Even on a rainy… Read More
President Donald Trump’s administration announced another 90-day extension of the controversial waiver to the Jones Act, the long-standing law that restricts water shipments between U.S. ports to U.S-built,… Read More
The Mississippi River Commission will conducts its annual low-water inspection trip on the mv. Mississippi August 17 to 21. Hearings will be held on board the vessel… Read More
Cooperative Ventures has invested in OpenTug, a logistics technology company that uses artificial intelligence to improve inland and coastal marine transportation. Cooperative Ventures is a joint… Read More
The first phase of the $333.8 million Three Rivers project is substantially complete, Josh Hendricks, chief of the Operations Technical Support Branch at the Little Rock Engineer District, told… Read More
Reporting its second-quarter results on July 29, Kirby Corporation said its marine transportation revenues increased 9% year-over-year as market fundamentals strengthened, beating analysts’ expectations, supported by strong customer demand… Read More
Maritime Partners announced that it has added the mv. Lulu Hamilton to its fleet as a newly constructed pushboat designed by Entech Designs, LLC and built by FMT… Read More
