March runoff in the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was a record 11 million acre feet (maf.), surpassing the previous record of 7.3 maf. set in 1952,… 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.
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Coast Guard’s first large-scale study in 30 years on why women leave the service at higher rates than men listed experiences with poor leadership, a scarcity of… Read More
By Daryl Sohn Goldstein & Price LC, St. Louis, Mo. Introduction “Knock for Knock” agreements (KFKAs) between inland marine companies are becoming increasingly commonplace. Simply stated, a KFKA is an arrangement… Read More
Twin Disc Inc., the Racine, Wis.-based global leader in power transmission technology, recently broke ground on a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Lufkin, Texas. The new operations center is… Read More
Nucor Corporation announced March 27 that it will build a new state of the art steel plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky., along the Ohio River southwest of Louisville. The company… Read More
The Upper Mississippi River tug assist and grocery delivery firm, Riverview Boat Store & Tug Service, Belleview, Iowa, has split into two different companies. Since the company is starting to… Read More
With the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., beginning a slow fall, the New Orleans Engineer District began closing bays at the Bonnet Carré Spillway March… Read More
Last week, the Kansas City Engineer District said it expected the Missouri River to crest at Jefferson City, Mo., on March 28, with the next crest in St. Charles, Mo.,… Read More
At least 28 vessels were waiting for permission to enter the Houston Ship Channel late on March 24 as a portion of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed following a… Read More
Record floodwaters are receding on the Tennessee-Tombigbee system, but they have left behind record amounts of silt that have forced some shippers to resort to trucks instead of barges. The… Read More
