September 12, 2025 Newly installed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle enjoyed an easy ride to confirmation in the Senate, where he had worked for two… 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.
Drafting barges can be difficult work. The barges move, the numbers are often faded or rusted, and leaning over the edge to get an accurate reading can be dangerous. Read More
At the Port of Mobile, the Mobile Harbor expansion project isn’t just an engineering milestone. It’s the centerpiece of a capital investment strategy designed to create transportation efficiencies, widen… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced the extension of the comment period regarding the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock Replacement draft general reevaluation report (GRR) and integrated… Read More
After more than a decade in storage, 12 massive beams for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project are being barged to the site. The Nashville Engineer District began moving the first… Read More
Over the past year, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has marked a number of 40th anniversary milestones. On December 12, 1984, Corps of Engineers contractors removed the last section of earth separating… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced the extension of the comment period regarding the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock Replacement draft general reevaluation report (GRR) and integrated supplemental… Read More
The River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., is the first museum in the state to host a traveling exhibit based on a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of… Read More
On August 29, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the withdrawal or termination of $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind projects across America —including planned “wind… Read More
Heath B. Jones Bollinger Shipyards (Bollinger) has hired Heath B. Jones, retired 14th master chief petty officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, as vice president of government relations and strategic partnerships. Read More
