Twin Disc Inc., the Racine, Wis.-based global leader in power transmission technology, recently broke ground on a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Lufkin, Texas. The new operations center is… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
Nucor Corporation announced March 27 that it will build a new state of the art steel plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky., along the Ohio River southwest of Louisville. The company… Read More
The Upper Mississippi River tug assist and grocery delivery firm, Riverview Boat Store & Tug Service, Belleview, Iowa, has split into two different companies. Since the company is starting to… Read More
This year’s devastating floods that affected a dozen states came in the aftermath of the “bomb cyclone” that struck the entire Midwest. The Missouri River, in particular, suffered unprecedented flooding,… Read More
With the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., beginning a slow fall, the New Orleans Engineer District began closing bays at the Bonnet Carré Spillway March… Read More
At least 28 vessels were waiting for permission to enter the Houston Ship Channel late on March 24 as a portion of the Houston Ship Channel remained closed following a… Read More
Authorities in Hardin County, Tenn., recovered a body in Pickwick Lake, but it had not been identified at press time, nor was it known whether the find was related to… Read More
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., announced the delivery of the Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) unit, tug Wachapreague and barge DOUBLE SKIN 803 to the Vane Brothers, Baltimore, Md., March 25. Read More
Does anyone in the federal government understand the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program? The recent report by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) details the latest… Read More
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, was recently honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as one of five Outstanding Projects… Read More
