The Upper Mississippi Waterway Association has a long and proud history. Incorporated in 1932, UMWA works with members and other stakeholders to ensure that the Upper Mississippi River navigation system… 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.
A preliminary analysis of data from the early May high-water event in middle Tennessee has revealed that Corps of Engineers projects reduced flood damage by an estimated $180 million, the… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District recently awarded a contract for constructing the ninth reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A veteran House Democrat from California pressed Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan on why her service has not done more on implementing a law applying the Jones Act to… Read More
• The American Waterways Operators announced that Jill Bessetti has joined the AWO staff as vice president-Southern Region. She began work May 6 after a successful active duty and civilian… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has scheduled two virtual public update meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) on June 20 at 10 a.m. and 6… Read More
The 74th annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA) may go down as one of the most celebratory, thanks to the May 16 reopening of Demopolis Lock in rural,… Read More
Waterways advocates are celebrating the release of the Corps of Engineers’ 2024 Work Plan, which provides record-level funding of $456 million for waterways construction projects. “Waterways Council Inc. is ecstatic… Read More
Capt. Dennis Odegard, 75, of Durand, Wis., died on May 15 after battling lung and brain cancer. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, he went to… Read More
Capt. Richard “Dick” Jay Silberhorn, 69, of Durand, Wis., died March 9 at his home. He worked on towboats for more than 30 years, working his way up from deckhand… Read More
