American River Transportation Company (ARTCO) plans to establish a barge fleeting area for empty and loaded hopper/tank barges to handle increased barge traffic at the confluence of the Mississippi… 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.
Capt. Joe Edward Boyd Jr. Capt. Joe Edward Boyd Jr., 65, of Wayne, W.Va., died January 14 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va. Boyd… Read More
RiverWorks Discovery has announced two new staff members: Andra Olney-Larson • Andra Olney-Larson has accepted the position of RiverWorks Discovery coordinator. In 2018, Olney-Larson and her husband… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Water Management Division has released four videos of presentations that would normally be given at public meetings held throughout the Missouri River Basin. Read More
Walter James “Jimmy” Amoss Jr., former CEO of Lykes Bros. Steamship Company and founder of Seapoint, a container transfer concept envisioned for near the mouth of the Mississippi… Read More
On April 12, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States agreed to the largest-ever oil production cuts in a deal brokered by President Donald Trump. The deal was… Read More
A commercial fisherman harvested close to 60,000 pounds of Asian carp from one bay in 48 hours as part of a fishing method being tested in Kentucky for the… Read More
Shortly after 4 a.m. on March 15, 2019, the mv. Dixie Vandal, traveling inbound on the Houston Ship Channel with a partially loaded fuel barge, struck the mv. Trinity… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its marine accident brief February 27 detailing its investigation into a February 27, 2019, allision involving the mv. Chad Pregracke, part of… Read More
American Commercial Lines Inc. announced March 20 that a Houston bankruptcy court has confirmed the company’s “pre-packaged” plan to recapitalize the business. The company said it expects to complete… Read More
