As geopolitical tensions flare in the Strait of Hormuz and congestion worsens at the Panama Canal and Malacca Strait, John Donne’s famous words from 1624 come sharply into focus:… Read More
Mississippi River
The St. Louis Engineer District, in partnership with the Kaskaskia Island Drainage and Levee District, launched the “Love Your Levee” campaign last month to increase public understanding of levees… Read More
The following is a list of Jones Act waivers posted by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) as of Aug. 7, 2026. Vessel: mv. JPS Elli Flag:… Read More
Mid-to-late April 1865 was full of news. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the hunt for and eventual killing of his assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was ongoing, and the Civil… Read More
Rep. Sam Graves (Mo.-06), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced April 22 that he had secured a $27,324,552 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) Grant for the… Read More
A piece by David Murray in the March 26 issue of The Waterways Journal told of a large-scale model of the excursion boat Admiral on exhibit at the National… Read More
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, “It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same. … You realized what’s changed is you.”… Read More
“It was the Wild West for some of the barge fleets on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans,” Alan Savoie said. He was speaking of the… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District will open Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1, both in Minneapolis, to commercial and recreational navigation traffic April… Read More
Russellville, Ala.-based G&G Steel Inc., which also has operations in Cordova, Ala., on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River (Warrior River Steel) and in Iuka, Miss., on the… Read More
