Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell touted inclusion of funds to combat against invasive Asian carp species as part of the recently passed 2020 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). 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.
Work continues on the addition of a second chamber at Kentucky Lock, with completion of the downstream cofferdam contract sometime in February projected to temporarily ease navigation delays… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. House easily voted to override President Donald Trump’s stunning veto of a major defense bill that backers promote as a boost to the nation’s maritime industry. Read More
The state of Tennessee is moving forward with several efforts to combat Asian carp. Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order September 23 creating the Tennessee… Read More
Both houses of Congress passed a measure long sought by flood-vulnerable towns and rivers bordering the Mississippi River: the Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act. The bill was passed on… Read More
Capt. Rayburn Johnson, 79, died peacefully in his sleep July 11 at his home in Morgantown, Ky. He had a long career on the river, starting in the… Read More
The judge in the Ideker Farms Missouri River “takings” case has ordered the Corps of Engineers to pay a group of landowners along the Missouri River for flood… Read More
This has been the wettest year in the Tennessee River Valley for at least 131 years, according to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA determined that the valley… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District has released a video highlighting how water is managed in the Cumberland River basin. The video, titled “Water Management: Cumberland River Basin,” is… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Escaping a “chopping block,” the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA 2020) made it into a massive package Congress passed to fund the government and provide coronavirus relief to… Read More
