The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $16 million contract to dredge and cap portions of the Lower Rouge River… 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.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will host two National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) scoping meetings for the Miami Harbor Navigation Improvements Study. The meetings will be held… Read More
Two grants aimed at addressing the beneficial use of dredged material were awarded by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission (OLEC). The $50,000 Lake Erie Protection Fund Grants were awarded to… Read More
Parker Towing Company Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., “one of the oldest, most respected barge lines in the country,” as its literature states, recently expanded its marine and terminal operations on the… Read More
Kindra Lake Towing moved a 300-ton crawler crane on a Poseidon sectional barge flotilla on September 15. The flotilla was moved from Calumet Harbor to Chicago Harbor in Illinois via… Read More
Terral RiverService has renamed the six boats it bought when it acquired Kinder Morgan’s river assets in Blytheville, Ark., and Decatur, Ala., earlier this year. In addition to the towboats,… Read More
By Judith Powers and Sean Duffy There are 6,800 acres of new marshland bordering the Passes of the Mississippi River—land that was created starting in 2011 by a coalition intent on… Read More
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc. is applying to the Louisville Engineer District for permits to expand two adjacent fleeting areas on the right descending bank of the Ohio River. One proposal… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District reports that a repair project at Bayou Boeuf Lock has been extended through November 15. The lock was originally scheduled to reopen about October 15. Read More
Larry A. Greene, former vice president of sales for shipbuilder Dravo Corporation in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died August 15, at the age of 81. A native of… Read More
