The Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMRCM) has been paused after receiving no funds in the Corps of Engineers’ FY 2025 work plan. The project team was also notified… Read More
Lower Mississippi River
With the New Orleans Engineer District expected to render a decision this summer on the Port of New Orleans’ proposal to build a new container terminal in Violet, La., in… Read More
In December 2022, The Waterways Journal covered The Water Institute’s crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) and modeling efforts under its SmartPort project—an effort to provide both near real-time and forecast channel conditions. Read More
The second panel at the recently concluded River and Marine Industry Seminar, hosted by the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, featured a wide-ranging discussion on technologies affecting the inland… Read More
Shortly after midnight on April 25, 2023, the mv. Ovide J was pushing a pair of loaded crude oil barges to Chalmette Refinery’s dock, located near Mile 89 on… Read More
For Austin Golding, president and CEO of Vicksburg, Miss.-based Golding Barge Line (GBL), the October 28 christening of the mv. Whit Golding was a special moment, not just in… Read More
Rain in the forecast from Hurricane Helene will offer a temporary respite, but the river industry expects “a long October” as low water conditions persist on the Lower Mississippi… Read More
While threatening assets in southern Louisiana, Hurricane Francine could provide a brief respite for low-water conditions on the Lower Mississippi River. The Memphis Engineer District held a… Read More
When it comes to transport, U.S. ag exporters are getting squeezed from all directions this harvest season. In the United States, the International Longshoremen’s Association is threatening to shut down… Read More
An estimated 12,000 people participated in the first Fête-Dieu du Mississippi, a two-day blessing of the Lower Mississippi River fleet held between Baton Rouge, La., and New Orleans August 14… Read More
