Stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) will gather in New Orleans August 6–8 for the 120th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). The GICA Seminar will… Read More
Mississippi River
Equinor, the developer of Empire Wind, a wind energy array under development just south of Long Island, N.Y., officially launched its Louisiana-built service operations vessel ECO Liberty on June 28. The… Read More
Viking Cruise Lines’ Viking Mississippi visited Paducah, Ky., on July 1 after high water in the Upper Mississippi kept it from continuing north toward Red Wing, Minn. The vessel left… Read More
Just a few months after expanding to the St. Louis metropolitan area, Riverview Boat Store is looking for a larger base of operations. The new store, located at… Read More
LeBeouf Bros. Towing, a Bourg, La.-based owner and operator of close to 50 towing vessels and twice that many barges, held a christening ceremony June 14 in New… Read More
A study carried out by two agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has quantified the effects of 2022’s low water on the Mississippi… Read More
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
Recently returned from the Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, Tenn., Ken Eriksen, principal of Polaris Consulting and a senior leader and strategic adviser in commodities, supply chain, logistics and transportation,… Read More
The Waterways Journal is pleased to announce that the 2025 IRR Commodities Report and IRR Barge Fleet Profile are both available for order by phone and online. Read More
For the ninth consecutive year, commodities moving on the inland waterways were lower than the previous year. Barge volumes for 2023, as reported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
