Just days after the power-shifting midterm elections, lawmakers returned to the Capitol with a packed legislative agenda that includes bills important to the waterways industry. While other measures… 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.
David Hawley, his late brother, Greg, and their father had always been “treasure hunters,” somewhat. Growing up in Independence, Mo., they often scoured the banks of the nearby Missouri… Read More
The Coast Guard has set up a temporary moving safety zone around the S.S. United States and its towing vessels as the 990-foot liner leaves Mobile, Ala., for an… Read More
A state-of-the-art museum dedicated to the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history opens November 14 in Marion, Ark. In the early morning hours of April 27,… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board issued six recommendations October 27 to improve the perceptibility and safe operations of uncrewed surface vessels, or USV, following its investigation of a… Read More
Asking people if they plan on killing themselves doesn’t cause them to attempt suicide. That was a key message when the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) hosted a webinar… Read More
Parker Towing Company christened the mv. Capt. Bill Archie on October 27, honoring a Tuscaloosa, Ala., towboat captain whose career with the company began in 1969 and whose curiosity,… Read More
Jerald “Jerry” A. Tinkey, 93, died on October 25, 2026, in Alton, Ill., surrounded by his family. Tinkey was born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1933 and grew up… Read More
The Coast Guard announced a contract of up to $6.13 million for up to 10 Special Purpose Craft-Ice Rescue Transport Second Generation boats known as SPC-IRT IIs to provide… Read More
The Corn Belt Ports did particularly well in the U.S. Maritime Association’s October 27 announcement of Port Infrastructure Development Grant Program (PIDP) grant recipients. In total, MarAd awarded $41,414,928… Read More
