The St. Louis Regional Freightway, a public agency founded in 2014 as an enterprise of Bi-State Development, announced April 1 that it is inviting students and educators to sign up… 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.
Kentucky and Indiana have signed an agreement for engineering services and financial planning for a new Ohio River bridge carrying Interstate 69. The bridge will connect Henderson, Ky., with Evansville,… Read More
Mae Etta Cohron Hines, 97, of Bowling Green, Ky., died March 30 at her residence. She began as a bookkeeper at James R. Hines Corporation in Bowling Green in 1946 and… Read More
More than a week after barges broke loose from a tow and became pinned against McAlpine Dam, a salvage crew was preparing to begin pumping 1,400 metric tons of liquid… Read More
By Bill Finnecy A significant Capital Construction Fund (CCF) statute was amended on December 23, 2022, allowing more U.S.-flag vessel owners and operators to potentially benefit from this unique tax… Read More
Justin Murphree, operations project manager for the Mobile Engineer District’s Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, hosted a conference call April 5 with waterway stakeholders to outline a pair of lock closures planned for… Read More
The main lock chamber of Mel Price Locks and Dam, Upper Mississippi River Mile 200.8, reopened March 31 after a 90-day planned closure to allow contractors to demolish and replace… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The American Waterways Operators (AWO) is engaging Congress on clarifying legislative intent on new reporting requirements for sexual harassment and assault, according to Board Chairman Clark Todd. In a… Read More
Sixteen students and an instructor from the National Defense University’s (NDU) Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy got a first-hand look at the country’s rivers and towboats during… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has awarded a contract for the second levee reach of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. The planned… Read More
