Research comparing the governance, investment and risk management of six rivers across the globe to the U.S. inland waterway system may offer some strategies for future U.S. policy and investment. Read More
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The United States is blessed with the most extensive developed inland waterway system in the world, well positioned to drain a huge area of fertile farmland. But that does not… Read More
It can’t be repeated too often: even though water transportation can and will get greener and improve its carbon emissions, it is already by far the greenest mode of transportation… Read More
The National Waterways Foundation (NWF) announced August 11 that it has commissioned and released waterways profiles for the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,… Read More
The National Waterways Foundation has just released a series of waterways profiles for 17 states. The NWF’s research partner, Cambridge Systematics Inc., aggregated and crunched data (up to 2018) from… Read More
Note: This is a revised and expanded version of a story that was previously posted on Waterwaysjournal.net. This version also appears in the April 13, 2020, print edition. The Seamen’s… Read More
At its November 6 meeting in Pittsburgh, the National Waterways Foundation (NWF) elected a slate of trustees and officers. The NWF is a center for research and learning where waterways… Read More
When it comes to estimating costs and benefits of waterways projects, the Corps of Engineers uses outdated and limited measures of value that don’t include factors used by most other… Read More
Last week, the National Waterways Foundation released a long-awaited report titled “How Project Selection In the Corps of Engineers Is Affected By Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) Analysis.” It’s dense and weedy,… Read More
A distinguished panel presented a session at the recently concluded Inland Marine Expo (IMX) in St. Louis on the risks associated with interrupted supply chains. It included Craig Philip, research… Read More
