Terral RiverService Inc. announced March 21 the purchase of Kinder Morgan’s river assets in Blytheville, Ark., and Decatur, Ala. The purchase, which closed on December 31, 2017, includes three fleets:… Read More
News
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.
Washington, D.C.—Deputy Maritime Administrator Richard Balzano, conceding even he did not know key details of the Trump administration’s infrastructure initiative, laid out markers the maritime industry must meet to participate,… Read More
Wärtsilä Corporation announced March 19 it will acquire Transas, a United Kingdon-based provider of marine navigation technology. The acquisition “will speed Wärtsilä along its path toward its Smart Marine Ecosystem… Read More
The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) will hold its 40th meeting March 27–29 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Omaha Downtown, 1616 Dodge St., Omaha, Neb. 68102, beginning at… Read More
The city of Hannibal, Mo., has applied to the Rock Island Engineer District for permission to renovate the city’s Mississippi riverfront, including Nipper Park, the Hannibal Marina, several parking lots,… Read More
Hubert Carlton Decker, 93, of Hardinsburg, Ky., died January 16 at Breckinridge Memorial Hospital. He was retired from Teco Energy, formerly Mid-South Towing Company, where he worked for 20 years,… Read More
Judge Goebel Long Jr., 87, of Paducah, Ky., died February 28 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Long was a riverboat captain for 58 years for multiple companies and a veteran… Read More
A federal appeals court reversed a decision by a lower court to allow construction on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline to continue. A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi (Texas), the fourth largest port in the U.S. in total tonnage, has earned the 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence Award (TEEA) in Pollution Prevention, presented by… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will host a public open house today (March 26)… Read More
