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IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns

July 27, 2023

During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several major lock construction… Read More

Appropriations Impasse Looms Washington Waves

Appropriations Impasse Looms

June 30, 2023

Washington, D.C.—Congressional appropriators appear headed toward a potential impasse on getting spending bills through both chambers and signed into law by President Joe Biden. In its first session on fiscal… Read More

10th IMX Sets Records In Nashville Clark Todd, president and CEO of Blessey Marine Services

10th IMX Sets Records In Nashville

June 2, 2023

The Inland Marine Expo, hosted by The Waterways Journal, celebrated its 10th edition in a new city in 2023, and the journey to Nashville, Tenn., brought along… Read More

House Subcommittee Looks At Mariner Shortage Washington Waves

House Subcommittee Looks At Mariner Shortage

May 19, 2023

Washington, D.C.—A key House subcommittee took on the shortage of U.S. mariners and recruitment and retention challenges faced by the Coast Guard. Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), chairman of the House… Read More

Corps Studying Remote Lock Operations

May 3, 2023

One of the more intriguing presentations at the Inland Waterways Users board meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 13 concerned remote lock operations. “Proven technology already exists,” said David Frantz, inland… Read More

Chickamauga Project Set Back Three Years, Corps Says

April 21, 2023

Presentations by the Corps of Engineers at the April 13 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board in Pittsburgh, Pa., laid out a tale of delays and cost increases on… Read More

Cost Overruns And Timeline Extensions—Again WJ Editorial

Cost Overruns And Timeline Extensions—Again

April 14, 2023

The meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board April 13 in Pittsburgh, Pa., highlighted once again the challenges the Corps of Engineers faces in an environment of continuing inflation, labor… Read More

Corps Updates Stakeholders On Chickamauga, Kentucky Lock Projects

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District officials and stakeholders view ongoing construction of the downstream section of the lock chamber during a tour of the active Kentucky Lock and Kentucky Lock Addition Project on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Ky. The Nashville District engaged with stakeholders March 22 to provide an update on the important navigation project and to promote partnerships and communication. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

Corps Updates Stakeholders On Chickamauga, Kentucky Lock Projects

March 31, 2023

Nashville Engineer District leaders, engineers and project managers hosted stakeholder roundtables recently to provide updates and an opportunity to visit the district’s two mega construction projects. Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl,… Read More

Calling Pause In The Middle Of The Game WJ Editorial

Calling Pause In The Middle Of The Game

March 17, 2023

Back in the bad old days of chronic underfunding and “fix as fail,” it was frustratingly familiar to see the costs of crucial lock and dam projects balloon out of… Read More

Budget Request: $7.4 Million For Civil Works Program Washington Waves

Budget Request: $7.4 Million For Civil Works Program

March 17, 2023

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works program would receive $7.4 billion as part of President Joe Biden’s $6.8-trillion budget blueprint for fiscal year 2024, which top House… Read More

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