Thanks to marathon talks lasting 20 hours through the night of September 14, representatives of the National Carriers’ Conference Committee, representing the nation’s leading railroads, and a collection of 12… Read More
WJ Editorial
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A flood of new infrastructure funding in several bills, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, has directed hundreds of millions of new… Read More
By Masao Nishi Principal, M. Nishi Strategic Advisory St. Louis, Mo. Putting containers on barges has been talked about for many years but with minimal traction. I want to offer… Read More
We serve an industry that is always on the move and forever seeking ways to improve, whether it be making an already cost-effective, safe and environmentally friendly mode of transportation… Read More
This summer, the entire northern hemisphere is experiencing record-breaking levels of drought and heat that have shrunk many important rivers used for transportation. In China, due to an unprecedented drought,… Read More
The towing and barge industry rarely gets much attention from general news outlets except when a spill or accident happens. Lately there have been a few exceptions to that rule,… Read More
I was sorry to read the obituary notice for 92-year-old Capt. Vernon Sturgeon in the July 25 issue of The Waterways Journal. Although I had only met or spoken to… Read More
It was with great pleasure I read the “Old Boat” article in the June 13, 2022, edition of The Waterways Journal. In the summers of 1951 and 1952, I went… Read More
In 1983, famed ocean explorer and oceanographer Jacques Cousteau sailed his research vessel Calypso down the Mississippi River, sparking a conversation that continues to this day about rivers, their health… Read More
Now that the U.S. Senate has passed its version of the Water Resources Development Act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 93 to 1, the legislation goes to a conference… Read More
