The SITE Improvement Association might not be a household name, but its 270 members are well known to all port and terminal operators on the central Mississippi River. It… 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.
Small modular reactors (SMRs) could entirely recast the electrical energy picture for ports, vessels and maritime businesses. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) is investigating whether and how nuclear power… Read More
Kenneth Bautista said he stumbled into the logistics business. “The barge guys I’ve been talking to tell me you are either born into this business, or you stumble… Read More
Work on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, a multilayered barrier designed to prevent the spread of invasive carp from the river system into Lake Michigan, has resumed more than… Read More
Since the release of the U.S. Inland Mariner Wellness Assessment in January 2026 and its companion publication, Partnering to Advance Inland Mariner Wellness, in July, the Seamen’s Church… Read More
A company developing nuclear energy solutions atop a floating barge has announced a major funding achievement. Bluecore Energy, based in Long Beach, Calif., announced the closing of a… Read More
A rock barge remained sunken at Ohio River Mile 941, days after the lead port barges of two tows collided. No one was injured. Okie Moore, a… Read More
It’s been more than eight months since Brent Donovan took over the helm of the Kaskaskia Regional Port District, along the Kaskaskia River in southern Illinois. He succeeded Ed… Read More
On September 14, Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, signed the final order repealing the majority of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas (GHG) requirements for U.S. Read More
The Coast Guard launched Navita, its new digital platform designed to streamline the application and issuance of merchant mariner credentials. According to the announcement, Navita, the Latin word… Read More
