The Nashville Engineer District set its first 1.3-million-pound concrete shell August 6. The lift-in shell forms a part of the downstream cofferdam for the new Tennessee River lock under construction… Read More
Author: Waterways Journal
The “40 Under 40” award was conceived for the 5th annual Inland Marine Expo (IMX) to highlight some of the industry’s future leaders. All award winners were nominated by various… Read More
This week, The Waterways Journal wraps up its series of profiles of the “40 Under 40” award winners, a group of individuals who represent the industry’s future. Among them are… Read More
One of Louisiana’s major plastic resin manufacturers and exporters—Shintech Louisiana LLC—has announced a $1.49 billion expansion plan for its facility in Plaquemine, La. Shintech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin-Etsu… Read More
Members of the Liebherr family, executive management and Newport News, Va., city officials gathered July 20 for a groundbreaking ceremony on site in Copeland Industrial Park to celebrate the construction… Read More
One of the many types of cargo shipped through the Tulsa Port of Catoosa (Okla.) project cargo. Project cargo is the phrase used to characterize transportation of large, heavy, over-sized, high-value… Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport, the inland port profiled in this issue, is not the largest river port by tonnage; New Orleans, Houston and St. Louis all move more barge cargo. Read More
The “40 Under 40” award was conceived for the 5th annual Inland Marine Expo (IMX) to highlight some of the industry’s future leaders. All award winners were nominated by various… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has opened a comment period on a proposal to deepen and widen the Mobile, Ala., shipping channel. In 2014, the Alabama State Port Authority requested that… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited five contractors for safety and health violations after three contract employees were killed and two others critically injured… Read More
