When Marquette Transportation Company signed the contract on a new 10,000 hp. towboat from Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine and Repair, company CEO Damon Judd said he knew from early… 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.
During the January 10 christening ceremony in New Orleans for Marquette Transportation Company’s new flagship towboat, the mv. John Paul Eckstein, Kurt Strand, president and CEO of the National… Read More
After receiving overwhelming approval in both chambers of Congress, a three-bill appropriations package for fiscal year (FY) 2026 that includes funding for Energy and Water Development was ready to go… Read More
Frontieras North America, a clean hydrocarbon technology company, has closed on the purchase of 183 acres along the Ohio River north of Point Pleasant, W.Va., where it plans to build… Read More
A federal court shot down a lawsuit January 20 that challenged the Jones Act through an obscure provision of the Constitution. In what Jennifer Carpenter, president of the American Waterways… Read More
Dave Matsuda, former Maritime Administrator and currently a transportation consultant and founder of the Small Shipyard Grant Coalition, has an urgent message for all operators and owners of small shipyards:… Read More
The Owensboro (Ky.) Riverport Authority is receiving $1.12 million in grant funds to construct an access road and an additional storage and loading area to support rail infrastructure expansion. Kentucky… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard held a formal swearing in and assumption of command ceremony January 15 for Adm. Kevin Lunday as the 28th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard during… Read More
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hines Furlong Line Inc., in the headlines recently for having entered into an agreement to acquire the river division of Campbell Transportation Company, has added two new… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard released its Force Design 2028 Initial Update on January 15, detailing reforms implemented since January 2025. The update underscores “how Force Design 2028 has strengthened the… Read More
