Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Royal IHC, held a keel-laying ceremony January 22 at the shipyard’s Allanton, Fla., facility for… Read More
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, and Saltchuk Resources Inc., a privately owned family of diversified freight transportation, marine… Read More
A wave of AI-generated “deepfake” videos about the Mississippi River has been circulating online—videos that claim, among other things, that the river is “losing water,” that agencies… Read More
An artist’s rendering of Wing Marine’s modular dredge concept. (Courtesy of Wing Marine) A new modular dredging concept under development by Wing Marine could offer inland waterway operators and the… Read More
The Big River Coalition, formed in 2010 as a non-profit trade association under the umbrella of the New Orleans Steamship Association (also known as the Louisiana Maritime Association, or… Read More
Waterways Journal editor Frank McCormack is joined by Sean Duffy (Big River Coalition LLC) and Ken Eriksen (Polaris Analytics & Consulting) to break down a new economic impact study on… Read More
A long-range forecast indicating the potential for wet weather ahead means that low-water conditions could soon be improving on the Lower Mississippi. Donnie Williams, chairman of the Lower… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, reported financial results November 4 for the third quarter ending September 30. GLDD… Read More
During the annual conference of Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals Inc., held in Milwaukee in October, Seth Lawson of Lawson Marine & Rigging moderated a panel discussion titled “Inland River… 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
