Nichols Boat Company, a boat and barge builder in Greenville, Miss., recently completed a 3,400 hp. twin-screw towboat with Tier 4 engines, built on speculation. “Due to COVID, we decided… Read More
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Coinciding with its golden anniversary, Mississippi Marine Corporation, the well-known, full-service shipyard located at Greenville, Miss., Lower Mississippi River Mile 538.7 on lower Lake Ferguson, has announced the recent completion… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss., is one of the South’s most iconic Mississippi River towns. Ironically, though, much of Vicksburg was cut off from the Mississippi River in 1876, when the river changed… Read More
The motor vessel Mississippi is making its annual high-water tour and inspection of the Mississippi River. Public meetings will be held by the Mississippi River Commission on board the mv. Read More
With the contract awarded for a new drydock and one of its existing drydocks recently refurbished, the Ensley Engineer Yard expects to improve efficiency in its maintenance and repair of… Read More
Vicksburg, Miss., will soon have a new community park on the Mississippi River, thanks to a donation from Vicksburg’s own Golding family. Golding Barge Line (GBL) has operated out of… Read More
Hinds Community College in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted a Who Works the Rivers (WWR) career discovery day February 11, with about 150 high school juniors and seniors from five area schools… Read More
With the operation of its first terminal on the inland waterways, Federal Marine Terminals Inc. (FMT) is refocusing the business plan for an existing port. FMT took over the operation… Read More
The importance of the inland waterway system now and into the future was the focus of the annual Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT) conference October 18-21. Waterway, port… Read More
A Mississippi Lock on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has been renamed in honor of the late Sen. Thad Cochran. The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a… Read More