A new grandstand at a ballpark in Birnamwood, a small town in north central Wisconsin, was formally dedicated July 10 with a ceremony that included the benefactor of the project—and… 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.
From 1918—when P.H. Batten introduced the twin disc farm tractor clutch in Racine, Wis.—to 2018, with subsidiaries all around the world, Twin Disc has grown into a global leader in… Read More
High performance fiber rope manufacturers Lankhorst Ropes and Phillystran, both WireCo WorldGroup companies, have signed an exclusive strategic supply agreement with Precision Tension Solutions in Houston, Texas. Under the agreement,… Read More
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, the retiring chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, unveiled a draft version of an infrastructure proposal to reignite a discussion on President Donald Trump’s… Read More
Leaders and operators of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway will gather August 21–23 at the Grand Hotel Marriott in Point Clear, Ala., for the 36th annual Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Opportunities Conference. The… Read More
MarineCFO recently announced Laura Martin, vice president of sales and client relations, has earned her certification as a Subchapter M and International Safety Management (ISM) Lead Auditor. “MarineCFO is committed to the inland… Read More
Big River Steel officially announced on June 29 a $1.2 billion investment that will double capacity at its advanced barge-served steel mill and recycling facility in Osceola, Ark., at Lower… Read More
SMS Avonmouth, part of the Southampton-based SMS Group, has completed a major refit of the 72-meter (236-foot) hopper dredge City of Cardff for Tarmac. The refit was completed at Bristol… Read More
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania is constructing a dredging system for the first Marine Aggregate Dredge (MAD), designed to extract sand and gravel from the seafloor at depths up to… Read More
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Copeland Industrial Park in Newport News to celebrate the construction of the new Liebherr USA, Co. headquarters. The $45 million expansion project will include… Read More
