Better guidance on when the main chamber of Wilson Lock will return to service should be available in the first week to 10 days of June, according to the… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The New Orleans Engineer District will hold a public hearing May 27 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Val Reiss Recreation Complex in Chalmette, La., to field comments… Read More
Crews are more than two months into the projected three-month repair of upstream miter gates in the main chamber at New Cumberland Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 54.3. Read More
The Corps of Engineers reopened the navigational lock at Lockport Lock and Dam on the Illinois River April 4 after crews discovered damage to the lock’s lower miter… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Exceeding expectations, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) managed to steer a budget resolution through his chamber by a vote of 217 to 215. Now comes the hard… Read More
One of America’s newest waterways, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), turned 40 last month. Four decades ago, on January 14, 1985, the mv. Eddie Waxler departed Mobile, Ala., and headed… Read More
Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), a Washington D.C.-based maritime industry advocacy group, held its 21st annual Waterways Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, November 13–14. WCI’s board of directors and… Read More
When the federal government began efforts to revitalize the transportation of bulk goods on America’s river system in the 1920s, it was no small task, nor was it limited… Read More
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited,… Read More
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a planned periodic series on the data infrastructure underlying the physical infrastructure of the U.S. inland waterways system.) The symbol… Read More
