One hundred and eight (108). That is the new running tally for new construction barges built at Eagle Fabrication in Sauget, Ill. Specializing in the construction of deck, crane, spud,… 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.
Over the past decades, the inland barge industry has become used to having to respond to Coast Guard regulations adapted from blue-water contexts and applied to the brown-water operating area,… Read More
Ship watchers on the Great Lakes will soon see a brand-new “laker” underway when Interlake Steamship Company puts the forthcoming mv. Mark W. Barker to work. The Mark W. Barker,… Read More
Kentucky Lock at Mile 22.4 on the Tennessee River reopened at 6 p.m. June 15 after being closed since June 11 when a barge sank in the chamber. Read More
Washington, D.C.—Major shipping reform legislation to ease supply chain challenges, fight inflation and make the maritime industry fairer and more transparent easily won final congressional approval and headed… Read More
The main chamber at Pickwick Locks and Dam, Tennessee River Mile 206.7, is closed because of a crack in the bottom of a gate that is allowing water to… Read More
The latest runoff forecast from the Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, released June 8, shows slight improvement, but 2022 is still shaping up to be… Read More
American River Transportation Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland, announced June 6 that it had joined the B20 Club, a partnership between the Illinois Soybean Association… Read More
James “Goat” Patterson, the owner of Osage Marine Services Inc., St. Louis, Mo. since its formation in 1999, has announced he is stepping down as president of the… Read More
Kentucky Lock at Mile 22.4 on the Tennessee River closed June 11 after a barge sank in the chamber. Salvage operations were expected to begin at 9 a.m. June… Read More
