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The Mississippi River Commission gave updates on projects along the Mississippi River and heard testimony about local impacts while visiting four locations August 22–26 during its annual low-water… Read More

At its August 11 meeting, the St. Louis Port Authority Commission approved a resolution authorizing the port authority to enter into preliminary planning with Good Developments Group to evaluate… Read More

Nearly 160 people representing about half the vessels in the Coast Guard’s Eighth District learned more about requirements for Subchapter M credit drydock inspections and internal structural exams—and that… Read More

The Mississippi River, from its headwaters at Lake Itaska to where its passes stretch into the Gulf of Mexico like a taloned bird’s foot, has played a leading role… Read More

After Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29, 2021, near Port Fourchon, La., the storm slowly churned inland over the coastal communities and marshes of Southeast Louisiana, eventually crossing… 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,… Read More

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference scheduled for August 10–12 brings to mind the early involvement that the Inland Waterways Corporation (IWC) had in that area shortly after its formation following… Read More

“Why wait?” About a year and a half ago, Steve Hernden, a Cape Coral, Fla.-based firefighter and charter boat captain, met his cousin for lunch. The two got… Read More

Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) celebrated its fifth anniversary July 27 with an event at the Southern Yacht Club on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. The organization… Read More