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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 Huntington Engineer District in cooperation with the Pittsburgh, Louisville and Nashville districts, and the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, prepared an adaptation pilot study to address the effects… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Another stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded and avoid a shutdown again postponed decisions on a number of major spending issues for the remaining eight months of… Read More
A new ferry operator in New York City is experiencing explosive growth in ridership and routes, thanks in part to speedy vessel construction at two shipyards in the Gulf Coast… Read More
Taking advantage of extreme low water, the Corps of Engineers resumed rock removal dredging operations near Thebes, Ill., on December 13 in an area of the Mississippi River stretching from… Read More
SunCoke Energy Partners L.P. announced December 13 that it has begun offering barge unloading services at its Convent Marine Terminal (CMT) in combination with stevedoring and barge services provider Cooper… Read More
Conrad Breit, third generation of the well-known Hjalmar Breit family of surveyors, died unexpectedly at home, reportedly from a seizure, December 10. A resident of Destrehan, La., he was 51… Read More
Maintenance work at the Harvey Lock wrapped up last week, bringing to a close what became more than a 100-day closure for the lock. Harvey Lock is one of two… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Opponents of a provision they warned could kill waterways projects and other infrastructure work across the nation welcomed news that it failed to make it into the version of… Read More
A hydrologist at Louisiana State University (LSU) presented research at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in New Orleans, La., earlier this month on how sedimentation near the Old River… Read More
