In 1938, the Inland Waterways Corporation (IWC), the government-owned barge line known among river interests as the Federal Barge Line, contracted with the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company for… Read More
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U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. has ruled against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit brought by Harrison County, Miss., and a host of other… Read More
The subject of this column was prompted after Jeff Wilkes, riverman, realtor and historian from Savannah, Tenn., recently sent this writer a photo of a sunken boat that he… Read More
Western Baltic Engineering (WBE), a Lithuania-based ship designer, unveiled a pair of electric towboat designs at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans. The two models, jointly called… Read More
The all-volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary was originally formed in 1939; over the years, its mission became primarily recreational boater safety and public education. But that all changed dramatically in… Read More
Clark Todd has been president of Blessey Marine Services, a New Orleans-based towboat and barge company specializing in the transport of tank barges, since 2007. In December 2021,… Read More
The cutter suction dredge W.B. Woods, owned and operated by Avondale, La.-based Wood Resources, capsized January 16 off the east bank of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Engineer Division and the New Orleans Engineer District have granted the conditional permit and Section 408 permission to Louisiana’s Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) for the… Read More
For the river industry, 2022 was defined by an unprecedented global drought and heat wave. The summer broke records for heat and drought all over the northern hemisphere… Read More
The dramatic low water on the Mississippi River got extensive coverage nationally and internationally. Barge loads were lightened, tow sizes were shrunk, queues formed as dredges dredged hot… Read More
