Navigation needs, including how to use limited dollars to maintain channel dimensions and infrastructure, were some of the issues highlighted at the recently concluded National Waterways Conference annual meeting. The… Read More
Archive: 2021
While most of the problems resulting from Hurricane Ida’s impacts in the Lower Mississippi region have either been overcome or are being addressed, this year’s soybean and corn harvests are… Read More
Alter Logistics Company, based in Bettendorf, Iowa, and Alter River Terminal St Paul (Minn.), have begun construction on a multifaceted expansion at their Barge Channel Road facility. The $24 million… Read More
Fifty years ago this month, in 1971, Bob Miller inserted a key into the lock on the door of his one-man office in Clayton, Mo., a subdivision of St. Louis,… Read More
A $102 million project to restore 256 acres of beaches and dunes and 143 acres of marsh is taking shape on a barrier island just east of Grand Isle, La. Read More
Washington, D.C.—With only hours to spare, the Senate passed a stopgap measure to avoid a government shutdown and keep federal agencies up and running through December 3. Approved by a… Read More
As a congressionally chartered legislative advisory committee, the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) recommends to the Corps and Congress investment priorities using resources from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF). The… Read More
Jim Fletcher, a longtime leader in the maritime industry and founder of Baton Rouge, La.-based Team Services LLC, retired from his full-time role with the company at the end of… Read More
A retired Arizona professor has come up with a way to repair columns and pilings using a PVC panel system that snaps or slots together. “These are the only system… Read More
The recent destruction on the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Ida brings to mind a “ferry tale” of 56 years ago. In 1892, the Howard Shipyard & Dock Company at Jeffersonville,… Read More