For years, the Waterways Council Inc. has worked closely with the Corps of Engineers and members of Congress, recommending reforms while defending the need for greater investments in America’s once… Read More
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Back in 2012, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, introduced the now-famous phrase “move fast and break things” to epitomize his company’s strategy. The “things” he wanted his company to “break”… Read More
Theodore “Tab” Brown, chief of the Programs Integration Division of the Corps of Engineers’ Directorate of Civil Works, and Stephen Hill, director of operations and regulatory programs for the Corps,… Read More
Few inland waterways leaders have served as long, as productively or in so many different positions as Marty Hettel. Starting in the inland waterways industry as a deckhand in1980, Hettel… Read More
A newly released study commissioned by the National Waterways Foundation (NWF) helps to identify the benefits of the inland waterways and its many users. The study, “Benefits and Beneficiaries of… Read More
The 102nd meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) April 11 in Springfield, Va., (WJ, April 29) served as a goodbye of sorts, with Mark Pointon, the board’s outgoing… Read More
The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels… Read More
The fight against record-breaking low water in the mid-Mississippi Valley and updates on construction projects dominated the Inland Waterways Users Board meeting October 19. The meeting was held… Read More
“There is no single silver bullet or unicorn technology” for lowering emissions, said Gary Sarrat of Caterpillar Marine. Instead, there are many choices, each with trade-offs to consider. Read More
Stressing the need for full and efficient funding for lock construction, Waterways Council Inc. hosted members of the media on a tour of Pittsburgh area projects August 9-11. Read More
