With the gradual move to Tier 4 engines domestically and the international implementation of IMO 2020 just six months away—both emission-reducing regulations—the demand for low sulfur fuel and diesel… 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.
This time last year, operators transiting Calcasieu Lock on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Southwest Louisiana were facing significant delays. Demolition began in June 2018 on the south guidewall,… Read More
Work has begun on the first phase of the Corpus Christi Channel Improvement Project, which, when complete, will deepen the ship channel there to between 54 and 56 feet… Read More
Harley Marine Gulf, the Houston-based affiliate of Harley Marine Services (HMS) in Seattle, Wash., has exited the inland unit tow business in favor of growing its bunkering operation, which… Read More
America’s Watershed Initiative (AWI) conducted two webinars in the last week of June on ways to improve the entire Mississippi River basin. The group brings together diverse stakeholders to… Read More
Washington, D.C.—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) laid out a potential schedule for voting on a budget agreement that would revive a stalled appropriations process for fiscal year 2020, avoid… Read More
A public meeting was held July 11 in Brookport, Ill., to inform the community about the blasting plan for the upcoming demolition work at Lock and Dam 52 on the… Read More
Operators, stakeholders and waterway managers from the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway will gather August 27–29 in Point Clear, Ala., at the Grand Hotel Marriott for the 37th annual Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway… Read More
Washington, D.C.–A key House panel officially kicked off an effort to pass a water resources development bill in 2020, with leading members from both parties committing once again to sticking… Read More
The Coast Guard responded to three vessels that sunk on the Illinois River near Hardin, Ill., on July 7. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River received a… Read More
