Barnhart Crane & Rigging Company has always said no challenge is too large. But it discovered that some challenges are bigger than others when it came time to transport… 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.
A new study of the advantages of investing in waterways infrastructure, released April 9, has a message familiar from other recent studies, but it differs in significant ways. Titled… Read More
FreightWeekSTL returns for its third consecutive year, but will be in a different form this year due to current social distancing requirements. FreightWeekSTL will be held as a virtual… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Leaders of a key Senate committee released draft versions of two water infrastructure bills that together would authorize nearly $20 billion in new federal funding for projects including… Read More
After extending a public comment period on its plans for disposing of material dredged from Pool 6 of the Upper Mississippi River, the St. Paul Engineer District has concluded… Read More
For the week ending April 2, total inspections of grain (corn, wheat and soybeans) for export from all major U.S. export regions totaled 1.9 million metric tons (mmt.), according… Read More
Jim Newsom Ag Service Inc., dealing in salvaged grain, fertilizer and other agricultural products, has recently added a storage warehouse located in the Greenville, Miss., port complex at… Read More
The idea started with a video project by his daughter’s first grade teachers. Like all schools in the United States, Blessey Marine President Clark Todd’s daughter’s school is… Read More
A webinar presented by the American Waterways Operators titled “COVID-19: Ask An Industrial Hygienist,” drew great interest from AWO members who attended, with half the session taken up with… Read More
Across the maritime industry, every company, agency, port or terminal has been impacted by efforts to “flatten the curve” of infections of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel… Read More
