The St. Paul Engineer District is replacing four tainter valves at Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., as part of a $1.5 million project to replace aging navigation… 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.
Service Trucks International (STI) celebrated the opening of a 56,000-square-foot manufacturing and assembly facility with an October 2 ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its Tiger Cranes product line… Read More
Industry members gathered September 22 at the Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, for the fifth annual Inland River Seminar. Hosted by Fox Smith LLC, the event brings together professionals… Read More
Ten years after Subchapter M established a federal inspection framework for towing vessels, Tava Foret views the anniversary less as an endpoint than as the beginning of the… Read More
Most fuel that is in the tanks of trucks is B20+ diesel fuel, a mix of 80 percent petroleum diesel and 20 percent biodiesel. According to the Department of… Read More
Okie Moore has completed its fourth A-frame crane, adding heavy-lift capacity for marine construction while strengthening its ability to respond quickly to salvage operations, minimize disruptions to commercial navigation… Read More
Travis Fillmore compares the data from sensors and strain gauges on lock gates as similar to the results of blood pressure readings and other medical tests doctors may order… Read More
The latest data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirms that the St. Louis region’s ports remain the most efficient inland port system in the nation based on… Read More
Maritime Partners LLC has been assigned a provisional top credit rating of AA by Morningstar DBRS, one of the world’s top four credit rating agencies. Morningstar provides independent credit… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule October 8 extending the compliance date for facility response plans required by the Clean Water Act addressing potential worst-case… Read More
