The Corps of Engineers announced August 17 that it has granted the long-awaited federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), clearing the way for the nation’s… Read More
The Waterways Journal
When Lindsey Launius describes the last year at the River Discovery Center in Paducah, Ky., she uses one word repeatedly: momentum. Launius, the river museum’s executive director, described… Read More
A new freight study examining the underused connection between the Great Lakes and the inland waterway system is pointing to opportunities to move more cargo between the two networks… Read More
Nine inland and Gulf Coast shipyards will receive a combined $7.25 million through the Maritime Administration’s 2026 Small Shipyard Grant Program, part of $35.18 million awarded to 45 shipyards… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has established $190 million in new contract capacity for hopper and pipeline dredging along the Texas coast, giving the district a pool of… Read More
Marinex Construction Inc., Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $33.05 million contract for maintenance dredging in the Savannah Inner Harbor. The firm-fixed-price contract calls for the removal of… Read More
C&C Marine and Repair is nearing completion of a 30-inch cutter suction dredge at its Belle Chasse, La., shipyard, continuing the company’s expansion in large dredge construction. The… Read More
No one was injured, but a dredge was hit August 13 when 11 barges broke away from their tow. “Our understanding is that when a towing vessel was transiting in… Read More
They may not spend a watch in the wheelhouse or appear in line-handling reels on TikTok, but they’re nonetheless indispensable to the 24-hour movement of towboats on the… Read More
Nine inland and Gulf Coast shipyards will receive a combined $7.25 million through the Maritime Administration’s 2026 Small Shipyard Grant Program, part of $35.18 million awarded to 45 shipyards nationwide. Read More
