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As of January 1, Tim Studdert assumed the duties and responsibilities of the president of Buffalo Marine Service Inc., a marine-transportation provider, in Houston, Texas. Studdert replaces his father, Patrick… Read More

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) was in the New Orleans region earlier this month touring companies that are celebrating the positive impacts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,… Read More

Since the dam wickets were raised at Ohio River Lock 52 on January 6, tows have been transiting through both lock chambers. The Louisville Engineer District had as many as… Read More

Members of the Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee (LMRWSAC) met in New Orleans, La., January 9 to finalize the group’s recommendations for repealing, replacing or modifying certain U.S. Read More

The Port Authority Commission of the Port of St. Louis (Mo.) is seeking to expand its jurisdictional borders to include the city limits. Its borders currently are limited to a… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and their witnesses ran the gauntlet when laying out goals for an expected Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018. Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fuel oil discharge earlier this month on the Mississippi River near Gramercy, La. On January 4 just before 8:30 a.m., Coast Guard Sector… Read More

Several news sources claimed over the second weekend in December that Viking River Cruises is abandoning its plans to offer cruises on U.S. rivers aboard European-style longboats, but the company… Read More

The Corps is continuing to prepare the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System  for the upcoming runoff season, according to a January 9 conference call. Current Gavins Point Dam releases are… Read More

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority has announced that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will serve as the agency’s chairman in 2018. This is Bryant’s second term as chairman of the authority. Read More