Parker Towing Company Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., “one of the oldest, most respected barge lines in the country,” as its literature states, recently expanded its marine and terminal… 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.
Kindra Lake Towing moved a 300-ton crawler crane on a Poseidon sectional barge flotilla on September 15. The flotilla was moved from Calumet Harbor to Chicago Harbor in Illinois… Read More
Terral RiverService has renamed the six boats it bought when it acquired Kinder Morgan’s river assets in Blytheville, Ark., and Decatur, Ala., earlier this year. In addition to the… Read More
By Judith Powers and Sean Duffy There are 6,800 acres of new marshland bordering the Passes of the Mississippi River—land that was created starting in 2011 by a coalition… Read More
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc. is applying to the Louisville Engineer District for permits to expand two adjacent fleeting areas on the right descending bank of the Ohio River. Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District reports that a repair project at Bayou Boeuf Lock has been extended through November 15. The lock was originally scheduled to reopen about October… Read More
Larry A. Greene, former vice president of sales for shipbuilder Dravo Corporation in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died August 15, at the age of 81. Read More
James William “Jim” Huls passed away at age 75 on October 4 in Olive Branch, Miss. After graduating from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Mo.,… Read More
Parker Towing Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala., has added four new employees in various roles. Keith Alexander, who is retired from the Coast Guard, has been named Parker Towing’s newest… Read More
The National Coal Council (NCC) approved and released on October 3 a report that will be sent to the U.S. Secretary of Energy promoting U.S. coal exports as part… Read More
