The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its report into the March 16, 2021, allision between the tanker Bow Tribute and a fendering system protecting two intakes for New… 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.
Inland and coastal ports and terminals are the convergence points for cargoes moving into and out of the United States, the on- and off-ramps for the nation’s inland waterway system. Read More
On April 11, the Coast Guard released CG-CVC Policy Letter 20-01, Change 1, to clarify its Subchapter M enforcement posture after the Certificate of Inspection (COI) phase-in period for towing vessels… Read More
By Heather R. King Nashville Engineer District Work crews recently drained more than 15 million gallons of water from Wilson Lock, Tennessee River Mile 259.4, to provide maintenance workers dry… Read More
Mariners on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) in the Tulsa Engineer District will experience lock closures from April 26 through May 18. A contractor will be conducting diving… Read More
Peter C. Merrill, a renowned marine surveyor and appraiser who started in the river business when he was 20, died April 10 at Marymount Nursing Home, near St. Louis, Mo.,… Read More
Capt. Larry Mason Smith, 91, of Rogers, Ark., a longtime towboat captain, died at his home on March 29. He started in 1957 with Rose Barge Line, and in the… Read More
The Senate passed its version of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) unanimously in a voice vote April 4. In December, the House passed its version by a bipartisan vote… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Houston, announced April 7 that Austin Shanfelter, chairman of the board of directors, has been named interim CEO after Mark Stauffer stepped down as president, CEO and… Read More
An influx of federal funding is allowing the completion of preconstruction engineering and design work and construction of the initial phase of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, with the first… Read More
