Some of the technology that recently brought four astronauts around the moon and back as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission first took a very different ride – pushed… 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.
C&B Enterprises has repositioned itself over the past five years from a traditional inland marine operator into a vertically integrated maritime logistics and construction company. That shift — driven… Read More
Vulcan Materials, a construction aggregates company based in Birmingham, Ala., christened the new mv. Larry Gravely on April 3 in a ceremony held at the company’s shipyard in Norfolk,… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District will open Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1, both in Minneapolis, to commercial and recreational navigation traffic April… Read More
On April 7, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its FY26 Work Plan, allocating funds already appropriated by Congress through the Energy and Water Development bill. The… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District held a public hearing March 31 in Tallahassee, Fla., — at the behest of Congress — seeking public input on restarting dredging on the Apalachicola… Read More
Conrad Industries, Inc., announced its 2025 results and backlog on March 31. For the quarter ending December 31, 2025, Conrad had net income of $4.7 million and earnings per… Read More
The Port of Little Rock has purchased 42.39 acres of undeveloped property near the College Station community with plans to build a third entrance into the port by extending… Read More
Spring rains have caused high flows on the Allegheny and Beaver rivers in the Pittsburgh region, with construction barges breaking free and going over a dam downriver earlier this… Read More
Saltchuk Resources Inc. completed its acquisition of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on April 1. The transaction closed for a purchase price of $17 per share in cash… Read More
