Each year, the Harbor Safety Committee of the Greater New Orleans Port Safety Council hosts the Marine Industry Day, which aims to bring together a wide range of Lower Mississippi… 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.
Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead of… Read More
Illinois Marine Towing (IMT) recently celebrated the blessing of the new state-of-the-art drydock Atlas and the formal launch of the new mv. Midwest Challenger. Crews from IMT, along with their… Read More
A major hydraulic system replacement at Willow Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 161.7, is expected to be complete within days, putting an end to sometimes lengthy delays. The… Read More
The management group of Convent, La.-based Associated Terminals announced on May 10 the acquisition of S.H. Bell Company, a cargo handling and storage service headquartered in Pittsburgh. Under the purchase… Read More
Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners LLC, one of the largest providers of maritime financing solutions with a focus on Jones Act vessels, announced this month that the company has received a… Read More
The recently concluded 40th anniversary River and Marine Industry Seminar of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association in New Orleans saw an appearance by former co-director Maurice Hebert, now… Read More
United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced May 8 that it has signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., and Bristol Harbor Group Inc. in Bristol, R.I., to design, oversee and… Read More
In an event organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Assistant Secretary of the Army-Civil Works Michael Connor visited Lock and Dam 25 in… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works is soliciting proposals from non-federal interests for inclusion in the 2025 annual report to Congress on future water resources development. Read More
