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The Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) Center for Maritime Education (CME) and the ACTion group have joined forces to achieve the shared goal of providing services that increase safety… Read More

The Upper Mississippi River remains closed to traffic above St. Louis, with the reopening dates of several locks pushed further back due to continued high water and more… Read More

Close to two months after dramatic rains and runoff swept down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) and triggered navigation-halting shoals, the dredge working at Mile 357 on the waterway… Read More

The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Midwest Chapter meeting took place in Memphis, Tennessee, from March 6 to March 8. About 70 members attended to hear presentations on safety issues, hydrographic… Read More

The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Budget includes $138 million for the 52-foot Charleston Harbor deepening project, a milestone that provides an opportunity for the project to receive Congressional funding… Read More

The New York City Council is considering a bill to provide steep fines for barges carrying LED billboard ads. Council members believe the ads are illegal under current zoning… Read More

The American Equity Underwriters Inc. (AEU), the leading provider of workers’ compensation for waterfront employers, announced that an AEU Regional Forum will be held June 18 at the Embassy… Read More

The Louisville Engineer District announced April 11 that Corps natural resources managers and other personnel will be conducting prescribed burns at McAlpine Locks and Dam for the remainder of… Read More

As the important House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee held hearings, leaders of ports and the inland navigation industry testified to the crucial importance of… Read More