The team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is overseeing the transition of marine charts from paper to fully electronic navigation aids gave a webinar April 22… 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.
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden has nominated former Obama administration official Michael Connor of Colorado to be assistant secretary of the Army for civil works. Currently a partner in… Read More
After an emergency closure that lasted about a week, Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) is back open to navigation. The Mobile Engineer… Read More
Search teams have covered more than 60 miles of the Ohio River looking for a missing man and woman following an accident between a commercial tow and a… Read More
A newly released study shows the amount and direction of waterborne freight in Illinois and helps to quantify its economic impact as well as giving recommendations for how the… Read More
The Chicago Harbor Lock reopened April 15 after a five-month closure to reconstruct a portion of the north chamber wall, with similar closures expected over the next four winters. Read More
At sundown April 19, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended search-and-rescue efforts at the liftboat Seacor Power, the vessel that capsized April 13 in the Gulf of Mexico just… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden continues to meet with members of Congress as he promotes his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure and jobs proposal, but Republicans sound committed to a much… Read More
Lockport, La.-based Bollinger Shipyards announced April 19 the acquisition of the shipyard division assets and long-term contracts of Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. The acquisition includes a 437-acre waterfront facility… Read More
W.A. “Peanut” Hollinger, a much-storied entrepreneur from Paducah, Ky., and Eustis, Fla., who had been involved in almost every aspect of the river business at one time or… Read More
