SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) is proposing a multimodal cargo facility in Vermilion Parish, La., that would connect the inland waterways to the state highway system. Vermilion Parish… Read More
News
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 U.S. Coast Guard has proposed allowing CSX Transportation to remotely operate five drawbridges serving commercial waterways in Mississippi and Alabama, prompting renewed safety concerns from The American Waterways… Read More
The last session of the day on October 1 during the American Association of Port Authorities convention in New Orleans saw the executive directors of five ports on the… Read More
Kentucky Lock, Tennessee River Mile 22.4, near Grand Rivers, Ky., will be closed to all navigation from 6 a.m. October 13 to 6 p.m. October 20 to make… Read More
Key senators announced a “groundbreaking” bipartisan agreement to overhaul the federal environmental review and permitting processes and get to a yes or no faster on projects while keeping… Read More
Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) welcomed Nick Boykin as its new director of communications and membership October 5. Boykin was most recently senior marketing and communications manager for the… Read More
Canal Barge Company christened the Triton September 30 at Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, La., adding a 400-foot deck barge built for offshore project work and oversized cargo… Read More
Interagency cooperation and ongoing efforts to streamline Corps of Engineers permitting and decision-making processes in dredging projects were highlighted at a recent panel at the American Association of Port… Read More
Barkley Lock on the Cumberland River reopened to commercial and recreational traffic at noon September 30 after nearly two months of dewatering, inspections and repairs, according to KBSI in… Read More
TOLEDO, Ohio — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has begun dredging Toledo Harbor, the largest annual dredging operation on the Great Lakes. The work is… Read More
