Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump told acting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler that he “is going to be made permanent.” “He’s done a fantastic job, and I… 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.
As its annual meeting and board of directors meeting in Chicago on November 14, Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) named Peter Stephaich as its chairman of the board. Stephaich is… Read More
For 20 years in the industry, AccuTRANS has excelled in what it does best—providing first-class service to its customers. To celebrate, the company held a crawfish boil and… Read More
Parker Towing Company announced that Coast Guard Sector Mobile issued its first Certificates of Inspection for inland towing vessels to the mv. Tim Parker and the mv. Cullen Landolt. Read More
Higher-than-average releases from all Missouri River Mainstem System projects, including Gavins Point Dam, will continue through November, the Corps of Engineers reported November 5. “Gavins Point releases… Read More
The Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S. and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Alabama State Port Authority for… Read More
Robert Allan Ltd., a naval architeture firm based in Vancouver, Canada, is conducting studies alongside ZF Marine on the U.S. inland marine market with the use of computational… Read More
The Philadelphia Engineer District’s Marine Design Center (MDC) announced that it will soon be releasing a sources sought notice for the construction of a mat boat, a 188- by… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, alongside officials from Yantai, China-based Wanhua Chemical Group Company Ltd., announced November 16 the company will build a $1.25 billion chemical manufacturing complex… Read More
The title of the Waterways Council Inc.’s annual symposium held November 14-16 in Chicago, Ill., at the Hotel Sofitel, was “Rivers of Optimism: Catch the Wave.” A distinguished line-up… Read More
