After a long wait, the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) has been reactivated and a full complement of members appointed or reappointed. An email from Mark Pointon, the designated federal… 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.
With more than 97 percent of the Pittsburgh Engineer District’s funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated to the full funding of the Montgomery Locks construction work,… Read More
How to recruit and retain employees was the topic of a Western Dredging Association (WEDA) webinar titled “Dredging For Talent” January 20. Panelists Laurie Boyan from Weeks Construction, Rebecca Gardner… Read More
Viterra Limited, the crop-trading business spun out from Glencore, the world’s largest commodities broker, announced January 24 that it has agreed to acquire the grain-trading business of Gavilon, which also… Read More
When Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards unveiled his budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 on January 24, the plan included a series of eye-popping price tags for major infrastructure projects… Read More
A half million-dollar donation to a community foundation and a public/private partnership are ensuring that students at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse’s River Studies Center have a dedicated research vessel… Read More
Effective January 15, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has allowed its COVID-era guidelines for cruise lines—the agency’s “Framework for Conditional Sailing Order” (CSO)—to expire. The move came… Read More
On January 26, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration formally withdrew its nationwide COVID-19 vaccine mandate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on January 13 that Congress had not… Read More
“Billy” Roy Baker, 73, of Clifton, Tenn., died in an automobile accident January 2 in Savannah, Tenn. He worked for American Commercial Barge Line for 38 years and was a… Read More
In a January 22 ruling, a judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois handed the Corps of Engineers a victory when he granted summary… Read More
