On November 14, Arkansas and Oklahoma state agencies announced the completion of a Memorandum of Agreement committing the states to future collaboration in addressing water quality concerns related to the… Read More
Arkansas
For the first time in 38 years, the Port of Fort Smith has a new building on its property to accommodate additional cargoes on the Arkansas River. The 30,000-square-foot bulk… Read More
Terral RiverService has renamed the six boats it bought when it acquired Kinder Morgan’s river assets in Blytheville, Ark., and Decatur, Ala., earlier this year. In addition to the towboats,… Read More
The Moro Bay Ferry, which operated on the Ouachita River in Bradley County, Ark., was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places along with five Arkansas properties built… Read More
On September 12, Vicksburg, Miss.-based Big River Shipbuilding Inc.’s salvage and marine fire fighting unit was called to Mile 673 on the Lower Mississippi River near West Helena, Ark., to… Read More
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association (AOPOA) honored five inductees to the Arkansas River Hall of Fame on September 5 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Event Center at Catoosa, Okla. Read More
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) was the largest civil works project undertaken by the Corps at the time. It was originally authorized by Congress as early as July… Read More
Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River watchstanders received a notification at 10:30 a.m. September 12 of a fire aboard the mv. Jacob Kyle Rusthoven at Mile 673, near West Helena,… Read More
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association (AOPOA) is made up of more than just the two states in its name. Kansas, Missouri, Colorado and Texas also have a stake in the… Read More
Alter Trading Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., announced August 13 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Tenenbaum Recycling Group (TRG), based in… Read More
