The not-for-profit organization Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTTRB) removed 9,208 pounds of trash from the river in a three-day January cleanup in partnership with Johnsonville State Historic Park. Twenty-five… 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.
The historical society that maintains a tiny building housing a museum commemorating the deadliest maritime disaster in the history of the United States is trying to raise money for an… Read More
Retired Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, former commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as president of… Read More
Lea Brent, of Brent Towing Company fame, died January 10 in his hometown of Greenville, Miss. He was 88. He, along with his father, Jesse (deceased), and brother, Howard (retired),… Read More
Hugh Earl Cooper, 91, of McKinney, Texas, a longtime operations executive at Canal Barge Company, died on December 30, 2020. Raised in Hugo, Okla., Cooper enrolled early in the Army… Read More
As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the retirement of Doug… Read More
Shamrock Marine is continuing to reshape the Baton Rouge, La., riverfront. In late 2019, the company added its new office—a repurposed towboat wheelhouse—to the levee on the left descending bank… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden said he will wait until his State of the Union address next month to lay out details for “historic investments” in infrastructure, clean energy and other… Read More
Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), a Baton Rouge, La.-based provider of tankerman and product handling and logistics services for the marine transportation, terminal, chemical and refining industries, has announced its acquisition… Read More
Scientists, engineers and contractors were scheduled to begin installing a temporary, experimental underwater Acoustic Deterrent System, or uADS, at Mississippi River Lock and Dam 19 between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Ill., on… Read More
