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Missouri River Marine Highway Route OK’d

August 27, 2021

The Missouri Department of Transportation has received one of six Marine Highway Project designations from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) as part of the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The application… Read More

Arcosa Rolls Out Specialized Container Barges At 200 by 70 feet, the new barge takes up the same space in a tow as two standard hopper barges, but can hold 72 40-foot containers, nearly twice as much as the two standard barges would be able to handle.

At 200 by 70 feet, the new barge takes up the same space in a tow as two standard hopper barges, but can hold 72 40-foot containers, nearly twice as much as the two standard barges would be able to handle.

Arcosa Rolls Out Specialized Container Barges

May 28, 2021

For years, said Neal Langdon, executive vice president of Arcosa Marine Products Inc., proponents of container-on-barge (COB) have had difficulty persuading stakeholders to invest in shoreside COB assets because they… Read More

Looking Ahead, With Optimism, To 2021 WJ Editorial

Looking Ahead, With Optimism, To 2021

December 31, 2020

After a year of severe trials, the long-awaited vaccines to the coronavirus are now being distributed, thanks to Operation Warp Speed. It may take months for enough of us to… Read More

CORBA Looks At Coal Tonnage Reductions

November 6, 2020

The reduction of coal cargo tonnage and the future of container-on-barge service were central topics of the Central Ohio River Business Association’s (CORBA) regional maritime committee meeting November 4. The… Read More

Agreements Position Cairo Port As Potential Container Shipping Hub

September 18, 2020

Agreements announced September 15 could position a new port being developed in Cairo, Ill., as a national logistics and distribution hub for container shipping using state-of-the-art vessels running on liquefied… Read More

Seacor Offsets Carbon Emmissions

July 8, 2020

SCF Marine Inc., a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc., announced June 24 that its container on barge service, operated by SEACOR AMH, is participating in a 12-month accredited U.S.-based carbon… Read More

New Paducah Port Director Seeks Growth Opportunities

June 26, 2020

As the new executive director of the Paducah-McCracken County Port Authority in Paducah, Ky., Tim Cahill brings with him international experience, working around the globe for companies involved in commodities,… Read More

CORBA Discusses Future Of Container Service

Tim Pickering (third from right) of the U.S. Maritime Administration presents a certificate designating a Nucor Steel’s hauling of steel coils by barge from Gallatin, Ky., to customers via the Port of Louisville as a marine highway project. The Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Regional Council of Governments was the project sponor. Partners included Nucor Steel, the Central Ohio River Business Association and several ports in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

CORBA Discusses Future Of Container Service

February 21, 2020

Roughly 80 river industry professionals gathered February 13 to hear about the future of container on barge service during a panel discussion at the Central Ohio River Business Association’s (CORBA)… Read More

Port Of New Orleans Sets New Container Record In 2019

January 27, 2020

LSU football wasn’t the only Louisiana team setting records in 2019. The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) also set a new record for container handling in 2019, with a… Read More

Grants Point Toward Container-On-Barge Future WJ Editorial

Grants Point Toward Container-On-Barge Future

January 10, 2020

Container-on-barge will happen; but when? Versions of that sentiment have been circulating among the inland navigation community for decades. Various COB experiments on the inland waterways have come and gone,… Read More