SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced December 7 that it has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of American Industrial Partners—a New York-based private equity firm that focuses on buying,… 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.—Trying to keep its track record intact, the House passed by voice vote the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, sending it on to the Senate for final congressional… Read More
Private equity firm CapitalWorks of Cleveland, Ohio, announced November 25 it has completed a majority investment in Electromechanical Research Laboratories Inc. (ERL) of New Albany, Ind., and subsidiary Law Valve… Read More
The Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (GNOBFA) has donated several hundred thousand dollars to universities in the name of many deserving young individuals over the last 30 years. This… Read More
Speakers at a conference for bulk terminal operators said China is buying up every kind of commodity at a “mind-blowing” rate, with the country’s imports propping up trade volumes that… Read More
The Soy Transportation Coalition elected officers and established its strategy and agenda for 2021 during the organization’s annual meeting on November 30. Due to COVID-related restrictions and challenges regarding in-person… Read More
Following the passage by the General Assembly of the United Nations of a unanimous resolution urging that member governments enact policies to allow sailors and seafarers to be repatriated from… Read More
Beginning December 1, the Rock Island Engineer District has closed the walkway located along the riverfront at Locks and Dam 14 in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, for construction. The closure is… Read More
Thomas Olin Ross Sr., 94, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died November 26 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. A World War II Navy veteran, Ross was a chief engineer… Read More
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has withdrawn a ruling reversing a lower court and agreed to rehear a maritime case en banc—that is, with the full panel of judges—in… Read More
