As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the retirement of Doug… Read More
Archive: 2021
Shamrock Marine is continuing to reshape the Baton Rouge, La., riverfront. In late 2019, the company added its new office—a repurposed towboat wheelhouse—to the levee on the left descending bank… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) is close to halfway done with a $100 million expansion at its Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. The port is on track to put… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden said he will wait until his State of the Union address next month to lay out details for “historic investments” in infrastructure, clean energy and other… Read More
On January 19, the Corps of Engineers released its FY21 Work Plan for allocating funds provided in the FY21 Energy & Water Development appropriations bill that was part of the… Read More
Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), a Baton Rouge, La.-based provider of tankerman and product handling and logistics services for the marine transportation, terminal, chemical and refining industries, has announced its acquisition… Read More
Scientists, engineers and contractors were scheduled to begin installing a temporary, experimental underwater Acoustic Deterrent System, or uADS, at Mississippi River Lock and Dam 19 between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Ill., on… Read More
I always learn something from the Old Boat Column—and also have the fun of my memory being kicked a little down the river. Keith Norrington’s article on Twilight on The Levee… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is donating three acres of historic riverfront property to the city of Minneapolis. The land sits behind the lock and dam at Upper St. Anthony… Read More
The Kentucky Water Transportation Advisory Board has approved funding a guardrail project at the Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority following additional funding being made available by the state. In… Read More
