More than 150 maritime industry leaders and organizations signed an industry-led call for world leaders to commit to decarbonizing international shipping by 2050, support industrial-scale zero-emission shipping projects through national… Read More
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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.
Washington, D.C.—Congressional Democratic leaders pivoted from corralling their own members into supporting two infrastructure packages worth trillions of dollars to playing a game of political chicken with Republicans over keeping the government… Read More
The failure of a bridge crew to realize that their vessel was dragging its anchor led to a collision on the Lower Mississippi River that caused $16.9 million in damage. … Read More
After a months-long drama, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. signed a $27.2 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy the Kansas City Southern railroad on September 15 after Canadian National Railway Company conceded it could… Read More
Capt. Robert Henderson Rogers, 89, passed away on the afternoon of August 26. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Celestine and Rolla Rogers. His mother was a schoolteacher, and… Read More
An Ingram Marine crew rescued a woman who drove her car into the Ohio River September 13 in Paducah, Ky. The Paducah Police Department reported that rescuers responded to the… Read More
Capt. Bradley Clare assumed command of the National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., July 1, relieving Capt. Kirsten R. Martin, at a time when the NMC had been dealing with… Read More
The double whammy of Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas have slowed or halted grain exports from ports in Texas and Louisiana for the past two weeks. In its grain barge… Read More
The Coast Guard is continuing efforts to reopen waterways impacted by Hurricane Ida in the areas of Bayou Lafourche, Houma Navigation Canal and portions of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. To… Read More
Louisiana communities have a reputation for pulling together in support of one another following hurricanes and other disasters that impact the state, and the state’s ports are doing the same… Read More
