The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) will hold four public meetings in August aboard the Corps of Engineers’ flagship towboat, the mv. Mississippi. Each meeting will include a summary report by… 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.
Command of the Kansas City Engineer District was transferred July 19 from Col. Douglas Guttormsen to Col. William Hannan Jr. in a formal ceremony at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art… Read More
Capt. Elliot Crochet, 69, of Jasper, Texas, died in Biloxi, Miss., on August 2, 2019. “Captain Elliot” was born in Montegut, La., in 1950; as the eldest of five children… Read More
Two women from Hannibal, Mo., died August 3 near the Mark Twain Bridge when the motorized pontoon they were on broke loose and was carried by strong current into a… Read More
The long-awaited fall on the Lower Mississippi River is underway in Louisiana, with the New Orleans Engineer District officially deactivating its Phase II flood fight July 29 and completing the… Read More
Widespread and heavy rainfall in the upper Missouri River basin—above Sioux City, Iowa—resulted in another month of above average runoff, the Corps of Engineers reported. Areas of Montana, Wyoming, South… Read More
The National Waterways Conference (NWC) will hold its 2019 annual meeting at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tenn., September 17–19. The agenda includes a wide-ranging look at issues affecting water… Read More
Barge-maker Arcosa Inc. announced strong second-quarter results on August 2, with revenues increasing 23 percent and net income up 41 percent. Arcosa was spun off from Trinity Industries Inc. last… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A year-long trade war between the United States and China took a dramatic turn as their tit-for-tat actions increased concerns for those in the waterways industry, farming and other… Read More
The 114th annual Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) seminar opened with an address by U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, the junior Republican senator from Louisiana known both for his stalwart support… Read More
