The Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (GNOBFA) will host its 41st annual Marine Industry Seminar in just over a month. As in years past, the GNOBFA seminar will… 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.
President Donald Trump delayed 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico until April 2 but doubled down on Chinese tariffs, levying another 10 percent tariff on Chinese imported goods… Read More
A group of investors led by BlackRock has agreed to take over operation of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal for a deal worth between $19 billion… Read More
Rocket Lab USA of Long Beach, Calif., has announced the acquisition of a barge from New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company that will serve as an ocean landing platform for… Read More
Shortly after midnight on April 25, 2023, the mv. Ovide J was pushing a pair of loaded crude oil barges to Chalmette Refinery’s dock, located near Mile 89 on… Read More
The Corps of Engineers is investigating how best to obtain components to repair the lower miter gates at Lockport Lock and Dam as the navigational lock remains closed due… Read More
Royce Wilken Royce C. Wilken Royce C. Wilken, who spent 38 years at Archer Daniels Midland, served as the president of American River Transportation Company, and chaired both the American… Read More
Most men nicknamed “Mac” have a Scottish or Irish surname that begins “Mac” or “Mc.” But according to Michael Taylor, owner of Paducah Barge, his father-in-law Mike Marshall acquired… Read More
OpenTug, a marine logistics platform dedicated to optimizing freight efficiency on inland and coastal waterways, recently announced a shift in strategic focus from its original marketplace model to the… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a seepage remediation contract worth more than $7 million on February 18 to APC Construction LLC of Harvey, La. The contract was awarded… Read More
