The Port of New Orleans hosted its 10th annual Cargo Connections Conference last week, with shippers, ocean carriers and industry leaders gathering in New Orleans’ Warehouse District April… 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.
The mv. Michael Poindexter, operated by American Commercial Barge Line LLC, punched a 12-barge tow through the remaining Lake Pepin ice April 10 to open the commercial navigation season… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined other federal agencies in committing to a memorandum the Trump administration says will streamline environmental reviews and eliminate needless delays of… Read More
As the war of words and actions over tariffs heats up between the U.S. and China, mayors of Mississippi River towns are warning of potentially severe impacts to river… Read More
Teledyne has introduced the new Echotrac E20 all-in-one echosounder, designed for surveying in all environments. The unit comes with 1 or 2 frequency agile channels from 10 to 250kHz,… Read More
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has launched an integrated services package, “Excavation Plus,” whereby JFSE is the single point of contact for a range of work… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) is seeking organizations or project teams with exceptional safety performance and a proactive approach to raising awareness of safety in dredging for its Safety… Read More
Wisconsin based Foth Companies, a science and engineering consulting firm, has acquired the assets of CLE Engineering Inc. CLE is an engineering… Read More
Trimble has introduced the new MPS865 (Marine Positioning System) multi-frequency and multi-application Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Used for real-time and post-processing applications for marine survey… Read More
The keynote address at the WEDA’s Dredging Summit and Expo ‘18 will be presented by John Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. Read More
