The Corps of Engineers released its Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan May 15, with funds allocated for Chickamauga, Montgomery and T.J. O’Brien Locks. The Bayou Sorrel Study also received funding. Read More
Inland Waterways Trust Fund
Few inland waterways leaders have served as long, as productively or in so many different positions as Marty Hettel. Starting in the inland waterways industry as a deckhand in1980, Hettel… Read More
The operation of all advisory committees—including the Inland Waterways Users Board and several others in which our industry advises the Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard—is being paused while the… Read More
At a hearing of the House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Energy and Water on February 25, Lt. Gen William H. “Butch” Graham Jr., incoming Chief of Engineers, admitted that the… Read More
With the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), Congress authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to work in partnership with the states along the Upper… Read More
Washington, D.C.—On January 4, President Joe Biden signed into law the broadly popular Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 that boosts the federal cost-share for inland waterways projects to… Read More
The year 2024 was a momentous one for the waterways industry. A long drought that reduced drafts and cargoes moderated—with a devastating hurricane helping to restore water levels at a… Read More
The 102nd meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) April 11 in Springfield, Va., (WJ, April 29) served as a goodbye of sorts, with Mark Pointon, the board’s outgoing designated… Read More
The Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB), the maritime industry federal advisory committee that makes recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of the Army regarding infrastructure project priorities and spending from… Read More
The fight against record-breaking low water in the mid-Mississippi Valley and updates on construction projects dominated the Inland Waterways Users Board meeting October 19. The meeting was held at the… Read More
