The pilot’s over-reliance on physical buoys that happened to be temporarily submerged contributed to the incident on October 23, 2018, in which the tow of the mv. Andrew Cargill MacMillan… 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 Rock Island Engineer District announced to employees and stakeholders that some of its civil works missions will be transferred to the Chicago Engineer District. The operations of T.J. O’Brien… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Members of the waterways industry chalked up key gains on appropriations, defense authorization and trade despite the historic drama of Donald J. Trump becoming only the third U.S. president… Read More
Navigation on the western Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) was hampered for at least a week following the sinking of two barges near Mile 510.5 WHL (west of Harvey Lock), just… Read More
According to a pair of reports released December 9 and published in the Federal Register December 13, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing spending about $3.2 billion on… Read More
Maritime Throwdown (MTD), the industrial maritime line-handling and line-throwing skills competition, unveiled a new course at its New Orleans regional competition, held December 5 at the International Workboat Show. Built… Read More
The United States Coast Guard issued a Marine Safety Alert on December 6 warning of the risk of retractable towboat pilothouses. In Alert 13-19, “An Important Safety Consideration–Hazards of Retractable… Read More
Washington, D.C.—In a long-awaited breakthrough on trade, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced a deal on the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement, dubbed USMCA. “This is a day we have all been… Read More
In a December 3 alert to its members, The American Waterways Operators said the Coast Guard had “confirmed to AWO that in response to industry concerns following the agency’s July… Read More
Since the advent of Subchapter M close to 18 months ago, much of the focus has been on how towboat operators are adjusting to life after July 20, 2018, and… Read More
