The Louisville Engineer District is soliciting bids for a contract for support for maintenance of wickets at Olmsted Dam on the lower Ohio River. The work… 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.
Washington, D.C.—Two key federal officials used a newly released study to underscore the importance of America’s inland waterways system to the agriculture industry and the nation’s economy. “Logistics… Read More
A second funds transfer to the Rock Island Engineer District from the St. Paul Engineer District will help keep dredges working through the end of September. Tom Heinold,… Read More
While the record flooding in 2019 disrupted barge traffic throughout the inland waterways in the Midwest this spring and summer, some out-of-the-box thinking from the Corps of Engineers helped… Read More
This year’s Pushing Hope Annual Marine Industry Charity Tournament raised more than $141,500 for cancer research. The tournament, featuring softball, kickball and golf tournaments, in addition to a… Read More
Efforts to cut up and remove two barges that sank and lodged against Webbers Falls dam in My are still in early days, and no one can yet say… Read More
In a move that inland navigation industry members say “blindsided” them, Coast Guard officials informed them recently that the charter constituting the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) was not going… Read More
An emergency transfer of $1.8 million from the St. Louis Engineer District to the Rock Island Engineer District, which was on the verge of running out of dredging… Read More
Washington, D.C.—After contacting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about funding dredging following historic flooding, U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) shared assurances the agency “is working to make sure… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided $3.7 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funds to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the removal of stamp sands… Read More
