In December 2022, The Waterways Journal covered The Water Institute’s crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) and modeling efforts under its SmartPort project—an effort to provide both near real-time and forecast channel conditions. Read More
Baton Rouge
Mile 166 Fleet The Port of South Louisiana is one of the largest tonnage ports in the Western Hemisphere. Stretching along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans,… Read More
In 1952, there were still many steam towboats roaming the Western Rivers of the United States. American Barge Line had seven in its fleet, all DPC prop steamers built during… Read More
The Ohio and Mississippi River valleys and the Cumberland River Basin received a historic amount of rainfall the first week of April, with numerous locations shattering records with 10 to… Read More
Loadstar, a product-handling and site logistics company based in Baton Rouge, La., marked four years of service on February 1. The company provides tankerman and dock services, barge fleeting, rail… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has released updates to the draft mitigation plans and design related to the ongoing Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock replacement general reevaluation report. The… Read More
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the Fête-Dieu du Mississippi, a two-day blessing-of-the-fleet event for vessels operating on the Lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge,… Read More
When fans of the World War II destroyer U.S.S. Kidd hear that the ship is heading to drydock soon for about a year, they sometimes get the wrong impression and… Read More
With the Mississippi River dipping below low water marks not seen in decades, many people who live beside it are seizing the opportunity to venture along the river’s ever-growing batture… Read More
Shamrock Marine, a Baton Rouge, La.-based provider of personnel and supply launch services and warehousing, started with a simple idea to meet a practical need—one that founder Duncan Armentor had… Read More
