The St. Louis Engineer District honored Brian Markert at a September retirement ceremony in St. Louis. The district expressed thanks for Markert’s dedication, leadership and commitment to serving the… 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.
Ken Kolb, PhD Every day on the Lower Mississippi River, ships unload and load cargo, be it containerized, bulk or breakbulk. To keep things running smoothly, there is… Read More
SP Vessel Services has signed an agreement with TowWorks to support its Compliance and Incident Management Modules. Under the leadership of CEO Patrick Smith, SP Vessel Services… Read More
Action Intel, the data, software and artificial intelligence firm that brought the BargeAI application to the inland waterways, has announced the launch of Tow Tracker. The new tool delivers… Read More
Reactions from waterway-relevant federal agencies to the current government shutdown have ranged from withholding updates to websites to shutting down offices. “Due to a lapse in federal… Read More
Conrad Awarded Barge Contract Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard has been awarded a $45.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for a new barge for the Philadelphia Engineer District. Construction… Read More
T. Parker Host, which specializes in ship agency and terminal services, has acquired Impala Terminals Burnside (Impala Burnside), a bulk facility in Burnside, La., at Mile 169 on the… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., based in Covington, La., was awarded three dredging contracts for dredging in Kings Bay, Ga., La Porte, Texas, and Venice, La. The first contract, a… Read More
Tracy Zea With 80 percent of the nation’s locks and dams past their 50-year design life and some taking decades to build, presenters at the Smart Rivers Conference September… Read More
The Mississippi and Ohio rivers are falling again after a brief reprieve from passing rain showers. In a September 26 Memphis Engineer District press conference, Mike Clay, hydrologics… Read More
