Three years after the passage and signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), most of its funding is still unspent, and the inland industry “remain[s] frustrated with the… Read More
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
For the most part, life aboard a towing vessel is marked by separation from friends and family. It’s a natural and necessary part of a job that can be both… Read More
With a week to go before the June 1 start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its outlook for tropical activity… Read More
While repair work at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama continues to march steadily toward a late-May reopening, operators on the Black Warrior River and farther south on… Read More
The initial images from Algiers Lock in New Orleans back in the summer, following a July 4 allision, certainly made an impression. Around 6 p.m. that day, the lead barge… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District will begin a 60-day closure at Algiers Lock on October 2 to repair damage incurred in a July 4 allision. On Independence Day, a towing… Read More
The sheer frequency of allisions at the Brazos River Floodgates on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Freeport, Texas, is astonishing. Speaking to GIWW stakeholders who gathered in New Orleans… Read More
Communication and partnerships. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) stakeholders would agree those are two words that have defined the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) for years. And in his two years… Read More
The state of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is proposing to build a freshwater diversion at Bayou Boeuf Lock in Morgan City near Mile 94 on the Gulf… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ lock-closure schedules through 2024 were the topic when barge industry stakeholders and Corps officials from multiple districts met September 7 at the St. Louis District’s Service… Read More
