The Olmsted Locks and Dam, dedicated August 30 nearly three full decades after Congress first authorized the project in November 1988, stretches more than half a mile across the Ohio… 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.
In 2014, C.J. Mahan Construction Company out of Columbus, Ohio, was contracted by the Corps to do several projects at Olmsted Locks and Dam. The project consisted of replacing hydraulic… Read More
With the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Olmsted Locks and Dam underway the day this story went to press—August 30—G&G Steel made sure to be present for the momentous occasion. The fabrication… Read More
The Tennessee River Valley Association (TRVA) has announced its plans to hold its 52nd annual meeting at the Holiday Inn Express in downtown Nashville, Tenn., October 8-9. The meeting will… Read More
United States Steel Corporation announced August 16 that it was investing $750 million to revitalize and modernize a 110-year-old, barge-served steel plant in Gary, Ind. Located on the south shore… Read More
In front of a crowd of about 250 elected officials, contractors and industry supporters, the Corps of Engineers formally dedicated Olmsted Locks and Dam on the lower Ohio River August… Read More
Alter Trading Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., announced August 13 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Tenenbaum Recycling Group (TRG), based in… Read More
Rear Adm. David Callahan—a retired two star admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard, former commander of the Eighth District, and former commander of Air Station New Orleans and, in 2005,… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District announced August 17 it has awarded an emergency contract to Leawood, Kan.-based Massman Construction Company for repair work at Columbia Lock, located on the Ouachita River… Read More
Capt. Charlie Ritchie, 67, died August 19 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Center in Paducah, Ky. One member of a family of legendary rivermen, he learned under his… Read More
