The St. Paul Engineer District has launched a new maintenance and repair towboat that will support navigation work on the Upper Mississippi River. The new Fountain City was… Read More
Corps of Engineers
Saying the Corps of Engineers is “pivoting hard toward delivery,” Maj. Gen. Jason E. Kelly spoke about how to increase efficiency in designing and constructing inland waterway projects. Read More
Barkley Lock, Cumberland River Mile 30.6, will be closed through September 30 for miter gate repairs, causing increased delays at Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River. The two… Read More
Replacement of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock in New Orleans, La., is another step closer with the signing of key paperwork, the Corps of Engineers announced September… Read More
The National Waterways Conference’s meeting August 25–27 at the Vibrant Arena in Moline, Ill., spotlights the continued growth and development of the Corn Belt Ports. Local… Read More
The Memphis Engineer District held a groundbreaking ceremony August 18 to mark the start of construction of a new automated casting facility at Richardson Landing, near Drummonds, Tenn. Read More
Infrastructure reliability and its connection to economic development dominated the 44th annual Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference, held August 12–14 at the Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa in Point Clear,… Read More
As key maintenance funding winds down and fights intensify over limited Missouri River water, the Coalition to Protect the Missouri River met in Kansas City on August 26-27. Read More
The Corps of Engineers announced August 17 that it has granted the long-awaited federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), clearing the way for the nation’s… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has established $190 million in new contract capacity for hopper and pipeline dredging along the Texas coast, giving the district a pool of… Read More
