At the Inland Marine Expo in St. Louis, International Dredging Review hosted an education session to discuss dredging along the inland waterways. The panel discussion on May 25 welcomed three… Read More
Mississippi River
Public ports in Missouri support 290,000 jobs adding up to $15.7 billion in annual income, according to a report released earlier this year by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Read More
An often-overlooked aspect of the river transportation industry is dredging or the excavation of river bottoms and shores. Not only is dredging crucial to maintaining the depth and width of… Read More
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking… Read More
Included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which was signed into law February 9, is $17.398 billion set aside for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund a… Read More
Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta and coast have made headlines of late, thanks to a pair of studies that examine flooding and coastal erosion, a state-issued coastal quarantine and the recently-announced… Read More
Global Maritime Ministries, a New Orleans, La.-based organization that serves seafarers and inland mariners who live or sojourn in Southeast Louisiana, hosted its second annual Lighthouse Gala March 9 at… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District closed out the month of March by ceasing operation of the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, La., about 33 river miles upriver from… Read More
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed March 27 between four ports in St. Louis, Mo., and the Port of Plaquemines, La., is laying the groundwork for a collaboration focused on… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a barge breakaway in New Orleans March 25 near Mile 93 on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River. According to the Coast… Read More
