The announcement of the finalized and reconciled Water Resources Development Act moving out of committee toward a vote in Congress is welcome news. The new WRDA contains a lot of… Read More
The Waterways Journal
The St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Company began in 1933 as a partnership involving Herman Pott, Everett Enslin and R.C. Bradshaw. The shipyard was on the site of the Rohan… Read More
New Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority Executive Director Jim Garrett has lots of familiarity with both the river industry and the community. Garrett, 59, spent most of his years in the… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Highway Administration (MarAd) awarded $4.85 million in Marine Highway Program grants December 3 to five projects. Marine Highway grants aim to expand the use… Read More
Ninety percent of the world’s cargo is carried by water. Just as marine transportation often goes unseen, so too maritime law can be invisible to those not directly involved with… Read More
Connor Naes, the son of North American Marine Consultants (NAMC) vice president Nora Naes and grandson of NAMC president and co-founder Jim “Pritch” Pritchard, graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard… Read More
Christmas came early for the inland waterways industry with members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announcing they have finalized the wording for this year’s Water Resources Development… Read More
Damage discovered when Wilson Lock and Dam’s main chamber was dewatered is too severe to allow navigation traffic to transit the lock between two dewaterings, which means the lock will… Read More
Mexico is making a big bet on trade growth by formally launching a planned expansion of the port of Manzanillo that will cost close to $3 billion and quadruple its… Read More
When President-elect Donald Trump announced former U.S. Rep. Sean P. Duffy (R-Wis.) as his pick for secretary of transportation, Sean M. Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition, received… Read More
