On May 14, a delegation of transportation and logistics counselors from embassies around the world (Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the European Union office) visited Memphis,… 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.
Earlier this year, residents and mariners who live and work along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) between New Orleans and Port Arthur, Texas, might’ve caught a glimpse of a rare… Read More
Work to raise a sunken barge continued May 15, nearly a week after a tow struck the Fort Madison, Iowa, bridge over the Mississippi River on May 9. The mv. Read More
Campbell Transportation Company has retrieved the final two barges that had lodged against Emsworth Locks and Dam following a 26-barge breakaway in the Pittsburgh area. One barge remains pinned against… Read More
On the morning of May 15, a barge struck the Pelican Island Causeway Bridge to Pelican Island near Galveston, Texas, partially collapsing a rail trestle that ran alongside the road… Read More
Washington, D.C.—On May 10, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Work Plan for the civil works program. “The FY 2024 Work Plan… Read More
Each year, the Harbor Safety Committee of the Greater New Orleans Port Safety Council hosts the Marine Industry Day, which aims to bring together a wide range of Lower Mississippi… Read More
Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead of… Read More
Illinois Marine Towing (IMT) recently celebrated the blessing of the new state-of-the-art drydock Atlas and the formal launch of the new mv. Midwest Challenger. Crews from IMT, along with their… Read More
A major hydraulic system replacement at Willow Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 161.7, is expected to be complete within days, putting an end to sometimes lengthy delays. The… Read More
