The Waterways Journal

A new year always opens up exhilarating vistas. This year also brings more uncertainties than usual. The new presidential administration has promised to undo much of what the previous… Read More

The main chamber of Wilson Lock and Dam will not reopen until mid-June, according to the latest estimates, nine months after popping noises caused its closure September 25. Read More

While still in office, former President Jimmy Carter, who died December 29 at the age of 100, vacationed on the historic steamboat Delta Queen for a week beginning… Read More

The 24th annual River Bell Awards Luncheon on December 5 broke records for both attendance and fundraising. Read More

John W. Stone Oil Distributor, a family-owned New Orleans-based supplier of fuels, lubricants, specialty chemicals and fresh water for the offshore, coastal and inland markets, recently took delivery of… Read More

Upper Mississippi Lock 25 reopened December 18, four days after an unscheduled closure, thanks in part to fortuitously placed repair crews and forethought in retaining a previously replaced component. Read More

The year 2024 was a momentous one for the waterways industry. A long drought that reduced drafts and cargoes moderated—with a devastating hurricane helping to restore water levels at… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Key lawmakers announced a final agreement on a much-anticipated Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 that authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works program to… Read More

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… Read More