Three years after the passage and signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), most of its funding is still unspent, and the inland industry “remain[s] frustrated with the… Read More
News
Recent inland waterways industry news, covering the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Missouri River, Tennessee River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and more. Articles on economic, environmental and logistic advantages of barge shipping, plus other stories pertaining to locks and dams and other waterway infrastructure.
A contractor for the Pittsburgh Engineer District blasted away the first portion of the Monongahela Dam 3 near Elizabeth, Pa., about 7 p.m. on July 10. The explosive demolition, which… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, in partnership with the contractor currently working on the Kentucky Lock project, Thalle Construction, celebrated a significant safety milestone with a ceremony,… Read More
A team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has reported that between 2021 and 2023 breeding surveys recorded 160,970 cumulative detections of 74 species of birds… Read More
The Senate on July 31 confirmed Army Maj. Gen. William H. “Butch” Graham Jr. as the next chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read More
After four years as executive director of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority, Tim Cahill is announcing his retirement. Cahill, 67, intends to stay on until the port authority’s board selects… Read More
The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) in McGehee, in collaboration with the Arkansas Waterways Commission and the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services Adult Education, is offering a free Inland… Read More
Industry Terminal & Salvage Company’s purchase of a new railyard means new opportunities for its barge customers. The company purchased the former Mol-Dok in Leetsdale, Pa., in May following its… Read More
The Pittsburgh Engineer District is moving up creation of a 100-foot navigable channel through the former dam on the Lower Monongahela River at Elizabeth, Pa. While the channel through the… Read More
The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation have jointly secured $393 million in federal funds to build a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, to be… Read More
