American Cruise Lines (ACL) and the city of Natchez, Miss., broke ground September 16 on a new Mississippi River cruise dock that the company describes as its largest port… Read More
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SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) is proposing a multimodal cargo facility in Vermilion Parish, La., that would connect the inland waterways to the state highway system. Vermilion Parish… Read More
Port of New Orleans leaders and private partners outlined phases, inland connectivity and future capacity for the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) during the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard has proposed allowing CSX Transportation to remotely operate five drawbridges serving commercial waterways in Mississippi and Alabama, prompting renewed safety concerns from The American Waterways… Read More
The last session of the day on October 1 during the American Association of Port Authorities convention in New Orleans saw the executive directors of five ports on the… Read More
In a recent column we detailed the innovative tunnel hull, screw wheel steam towboat James Rumsey, built by Charles Ward Engineering Works, Charleston, W.Va., in 1903. Against all odds,… Read More
Kentucky Lock, Tennessee River Mile 22.4, near Grand Rivers, Ky., will be closed to all navigation from 6 a.m. October 13 to 6 p.m. October 20 to make… Read More
Key senators announced a “groundbreaking” bipartisan agreement to overhaul the federal environmental review and permitting processes and get to a yes or no faster on projects while keeping… Read More
Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) welcomed Nick Boykin as its new director of communications and membership October 5. Boykin was most recently senior marketing and communications manager for the… Read More
Canal Barge Company christened the Triton September 30 at Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, La., adding a 400-foot deck barge built for offshore project work and oversized cargo… Read More
