The international shipping market is just seven months away from implementation of IMO 2020, the new requirement from the International Maritime Organization that will require oceangoing vessels to burn diesel… Read More
News
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.
Waterway stakeholders who operate in the Gulf Coast region gathered in New Orleans, La., May 14 for the annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team with… Read More
On May 1, a group of various stakeholders from industry, trade associations, port authorities, metropolitan and rural planning organizations, and other Ohio River stakeholders met to form the Ohio River… Read More
Inland Marine Service (IMS) and James Marine have formed a new joint venture to assist vessel owners in complying with Subchapter M requirements. The venture, called Mavericks Towboat Solutions, was… Read More
James “Jim” Burke, 69, a tankerman and tank barge firefighting instructor for The River School, died May 1. During his long career as a merchant mariner, Burke, who held an… Read More
In response to a rapid rise in the Lower Mississippi River following heavy rains both regionally and upriver, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began operating the Bonnet Carré Spillway… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A key House committee approved a bipartisan bill its sponsors say will unlock billions of tax dollars in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and invest in the nation’s ports… Read More
The Illinois Soybean Association thinks the trade war with China could accelerate the use of containers to ship American grains including soybeans, overseas to new and expanding markets. According to… Read More
Runoff into the upper Missouri River basin in April was 7.8 million acre feet (maf.), the third highest April runoff in the 121 years of record-keeping, the Corps of Engineers… Read More
Watco Companies LLC announced May 6 that it has entered into a joint venture with SCH Services LLC to create a bulk materials terminal network in the Four Rivers area… Read More
