The maritime industry has seen a decline in reportable incidents, including a 24 percent decline in towing vessel incidents in 2017 over 2016, according to a recent safety report. 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.
The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans convened a special meeting September 20 to consider approval of a cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA) between the port, the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A major water resources development bill sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives on a voice vote, providing yet another sign of its overwhelming support among lawmakers of… Read More
On September 18, the Council for Dredging & Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) Pipeline Task Force (PTF), a subset of the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA), met to discuss pipeline safety. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, awarded a $5.2 million contract to Kaiyuh Services, LLC, of Anchorage, Alaska, July 18, to begin constructing… Read More
Rotech Subsea, Ltd. has secured two contracts in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia worth more than $1million. The first offshore Saudi contract was to mobilize Rotech’s… Read More
Dredge Yard has added an adaptive auger head to its dredging solution portfolio. Retractable visors on the front and backside of the auger head move in… Read More
Echoscope® has introduced a new 4G Performance Pack Upgrade to allow existing customers to upgrade to the latest 3D Processing Engine hardware and firmware and extend… Read More
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has added multiple water sample collection systems with built-in water quality monitoring to its line of deep sea ROV sampling equipment. Read More
Royston has been contracted by CEMEX UK Marine to install its advanced enginei electronic fuel management system (EFMS) in the first dredging… Read More