The Waterways Journal

Four months after it was knocked away by the mv. Delta mariner, the new 300-foot span of the Eggners Ferry Bridge in Kentucky has been lowered into place.

The Winona Post has a beautiful tribute to the many contributions the Army Corps Dredge William A. Thompson made to the Upper Mississippi and several other rivers–including the growth of conservation on the rivers.

Lightsquared’s proposed broadband wireless system would, many believed, have interfered with existing wireless communications systems used by towboats, among others. The FCC revoked previously granted permits to LightSquared after stories exposed preferential treatment and insufficient due diligence that failed to reveal the interference issues.

The annual River Heritage Day in Evansville, Ind.

The history of the Taku Chief, launched in 1938, is a window into the history of Alaskan commercial navigation in the mid-20th century.

The remade span of the Eggners Ferry Bridge in Kentucky is ready to install.

The Corps of Engineers resumes reconstruction work on the Birds Point (Mo.) levees it blew last year to lower Mississippi River floodwaters.

The $250 million Port of Morrow (Ore.) coal export facility being built by Ambre Energy and its partners is being eyed by Tidewater Marine, whose CEO says servicing it could be the biggest project in its history.

A report estimates that 3,700 jobs, direct and indirect, could be created by the Port Morrow project.

A bill now before Congress would require the closure of the St. Anthony lock if a single live carp is found in certain designated places in the Upper Mississippi River.

The American Maritime Partnership warns Congress, and the Energy Information Administration,  not to forget about barges when considering the effects of refinery closures in the Northeast on gas prices. Even though industry officials provided information to correct an earlier erroneous EIA report that left barges out of its calculations, it has neglected to correct the original report.