Elven Dykes Jr., died in Mandeville, La., September 19, following a battle with multiple system atrophy. His river career spanned 41 years, where he worked in numerous positions at Canal… 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.
The St. Paul Engineer District named Bruce Boldon as its 2018 Hall of Fame honoree. Boldon, of Eden Prairie, Minn., served the district for 29 years, retiring in 2015 as… Read More
Representatives from Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources signed a memorandum of common purpose September 12 in New Orleans,… Read More
Tucked onto a drydock at Master Marine’s shipyard in Bayou la Batre, Ala., is a first-of-its-kind in the United States project that’s nearing completion. Since early summer, the Gee’s Bend… Read More
John W. Stone Oil Distributors was recognized with a Clean Fleet Award July 10 by the Regional Planning Commission’s Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership for its emissions initiatives. The company,… Read More
Schoellhorn-Albrecht, a St. Louis, Mo.-based manufacturer of marine deck equipment, has recently acquired Jones & Lockhart Welding Company. Brian Pavlisin, president of Schoellhorn-Albrecht, said the new facility is a perfect… Read More
Peabody Energy Inc., the St. Louis, Mo.-based thermal and metallurgical coal producer, announced September 21 that the company has signed a definitive agreement with Drummond Company Inc. to purchase the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump signed a minibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019, citing its roughly $7 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address “crumbling ports and… Read More
Members of the National Waterways Conference (NWC) gathered September 12–14 in New Orleans, La., for the group’s 58th annual meeting. The meeting proved quite timely, coinciding locally with New Orleans’… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District has mobilized construction crews as part of a contract to repair the lower guidewall at Locks and Dam 15 located adjacent to the Rock Island… Read More
