(Note: This is an updated and expanded version of a story that was initially posted on Waterwaysjournal.net May 12. This story will be updated as needed.) The Coast Guard closed… Read More
Mike Steenhoek
The incoming administration of President Joe Biden has announced it will nominate Pete Buttigieg for secretary of transportation. Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., was a presidential candidate… Read More
The Soy Transportation Coalition elected officers and established its strategy and agenda for 2021 during the organization’s annual meeting on November 30. Due to COVID-related restrictions and challenges regarding in-person… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the first contract to jumpstart the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf of Mexico… Read More
A farmer-owned cooperative broke ground for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River on September 9 at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council… Read More
The start of the deepening project in the Lower Mississippi River is big news for river commerce. It will bring the working depths of the LMR up to par with… Read More
Less than six weeks after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana signed the project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton… Read More
Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana met in New Orleans July 31 to sign a project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council and The Coal Institute held the annual World Trade & Transport Conference February 20 at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel in New Orleans’… Read More
The long impeachment drama is finally over, as the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of two charges with votes of 52–48 and 53–47, respectively. While the drama has enthralled official… Read More
