The Senate overwhelmingly voted to advance a bipartisan stopgap funding measure to avoid a government shutdown on October 1 and keep federal agencies funded through December 11. By… 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.
The Corps of Engineers issued a stop work order July 24 to the team working on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project for reasons that have not been made clear. Read More
Ceres Barge Line will mark a decade as host of the Pushing Hope Annual Marine Industry Charity Tournament August 21, continuing an inland river tradition that brings companies together… Read More
The U.S. Army Research and Development Center, part of the Vicksburg Engineer District, is deploying mobile trailers to supplement the Lock Operations Management Application (LOMA) and the related Lock… Read More
LAD Services of Louisiana has repowered the mv. Miss Sophia Claire with twin Mitsubishi Tier 3 engines supplied by Laborde Products. The repower was completed at LAD Services’… Read More
Debbie Wills first began helping in the front office at Harbor Towing & Fleeting LLC as a high school student in the early 1970s alongside company founder Gerald D. Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc., of Houston, Texas, a leading specialty and marine construction company, reported its financial results July 28 for the second quarter ending June 30 and updated… Read More
The Galveston Engineer District, in partnership with Port Freeport, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 28 to recognize the deepening of the Freeport Harbor Channel in Texas, making it the… Read More
The city of Paducah, Ky., is nearing completion on its new riverboat excursion pier and a complete reimagining of its riverfront park. The project is being completed as… Read More
The Western Dredging Association’s 2026 Dredging Summit & Expo took place in Montreal from July 20 to 23, bringing together dredging contractors, port officials, consultants, regulators, researchers, vendors and… Read More
