Washington, D.C.—The Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced its selection of the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to conduct a study to inform a new national strategy to position the U.S. maritime… Read More
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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.
Work began September 5 to replace the Mississippi River bridge connecting Iowa Highway 9 in Lansing, Iowa, to Wisconsin Highway 82 in rural Crawford County, Wis. A new bridge is… Read More
Houston, Pa.-based Campbell Transportation Company (CTC) recently celebrated the grand opening of its new southern base of operations at Four Oaks Place in the Uptown area of Houston, Texas. The… Read More
Seamen’s Church Institute will host SafeTALK suicide prevention training October 26 at its Center for Maritime Education in Paducah, Ky. Training will take place from 8 a.m. to noon, with… Read More
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted to ratify a new six-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association, which operates West Coast port terminals, on September 1. The… Read More
As harvest season proceeds with dry conditions continuing throughout the Mississippi River basin and no significant rain in the forecast, agricultural interests are expressing concern about low water and rising… Read More
The auxiliary chamber at Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 436.2, is expected to remain closed into next year to allow repairs to miter gates. Domenico Chianesi, navigation operations… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced September 5 that it has awarded a nearly $30 million contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh to remove the Monongahela River Locks… Read More
More than 200 people from 22 states attended the OKI Conference on Freight September 5-7 in Cincinnati, Ohio, making it one of the major national freight conferences of the year. Read More
Cement Maker Buzzi Unicem, which operates river cement terminals, is contesting citations and fines issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over a February barge fatality. The agency… Read More
