Washington, D.C.—U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Karl Schultz warned the service is approaching a tipping point on readiness at the same time its members are doing more in increasingly complex… 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.
Amid ongoing flooding and high water along most U.S. river systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its spring flood outlook March 21, forecasting widespread flooding to… Read More
High water that was unleashed by mid-March’s late-winter storm and melting snow flooded towns and overcame levees along the Missouri River, but began to let up last week. Read More
The towing vessel mv. Seattle Slew, operated by fleeting company Turn Services, capsized on the Lower Mississippi River near Point à La Hache, La., on the night of March… Read More
A new study defending the Jones Act highlights its effects in inland waterways. The study was released March 1 by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA),… Read More
Washington, D.C.—After days of sharing positive reviews of the trade talks with China, President Donald Trump said tariffs on Chinese goods will not be lifted immediately even if the… Read More
On the night of March 8, a team at Tate & Lyle’s corn wet mill in Loudon, Tenn., received a call from the local Coast Guard unit informing them… Read More
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, was recently honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as one of five… Read More
A contractor crew lifted steel bulkheads on the upstream side of the St. Anthony Falls Lock on March 20, a tricky maneuver completed in advance of anticipated high flows… Read More
Reuters reported that Chinese state-owned firms bought at least 500,000 tons of U.S. soybeans on March 7 for shipment from Pacific Northwest grain export terminals from June to September. Read More
