SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) is proposing a multimodal cargo facility in Vermilion Parish, La., that would connect the inland waterways to the state highway system. Vermilion Parish… Read More
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Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) welcomed Nick Boykin as its new director of communications and membership October 5. Boykin was most recently senior marketing and communications manager for the… Read More
Barkley Lock on the Cumberland River reopened to commercial and recreational traffic at noon September 30 after nearly two months of dewatering, inspections and repairs, according to KBSI in… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has welcomed the Rev. Charles Uhlik as its newest Ministry on the River chaplain. Based in St. Louis, Uhlik will serve mariners along the… Read More
Unscheduled repairs to the land-side lock chamber at Olmsted Locks and Dam have been completed, with scheduled work in the river-side chamber to take place October 5 to… Read More
The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article titled, “The Cost of Transporting Pretty Much Everything Just Won’t Stop Going Up,” focusing on diesel fuel costs — up by… Read More
Federal port infrastructure funding and a new Water Resources Development Act remain top priorities for the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) as Congress approaches the end of… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District has determined a course for repairs to Kentucky Lock, Tennessee River Mile 22.4, following a tow collision that damaged a floating guard wall. While… Read More
Heartland Fabrication, LLC announced a $60 million expansion September 21 that will increase the shipyard’s annual production capability from 180 inland hopper barges annually to as many as 280… Read More
We Work the Waterways has been growing rapidly in recent months. In April 2025, it became an independent nonprofit. The national conversation about reviving American shipping shipbuilding and the… Read More
