This issue features a report of a talk by Susan Olson, founder of Action Intel, to members of Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOS) in Paducah, highlighting the potential of… Read More
Corps of Engineers
Port Houston announced the completion of port-led dredging for expanding the Houston Shipping Channel, also known as Project 11, on October 27. All remaining work is now in the hands… Read More
Operators along the Missouri River are meeting the challenges caused by a fourth year in a row of low-water conditions. Michael S. Carpenter, director of vessel operations for Magnolia Marine… Read More
The International Propeller Club, which met for its annual convention in Lyon, France, October 13–15, presented Big River Coalition Executive Director Sean Duffy with a lifetime achievement award… Read More
Low-water conditions are causing issues on many of the country’s navigable rivers, not just on the Lower Mississippi. On the Upper Mississippi, the St. Louis gauge had fallen… Read More
Reactions from waterway-relevant federal agencies to the current government shutdown have ranged from withholding updates to websites to shutting down offices. “Due to a lapse in federal… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., based in Covington, La., was awarded three dredging contracts for dredging in Kings Bay, Ga., La Porte, Texas, and Venice, La. The first contract, a… Read More
When Michael Lamport describes the Hickman Hard Point, he uses an artificial intelligence-generated photo of rock pinnacles protruding from the riverbed and an underwater waterfall plunging into a… Read More
With the Lower Mississippi River hovering around 3 feet at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, the New Orleans Engineer District has announced plans to build an underwater sill across… Read More
As the summer of 2025 has wound down, the refrain from the Turnpike Troubadours song “Long Hot Summer Day” comes to mind. For every day I’m workin’ on the Illinois… Read More
