The 2018 Annual Marine Industry Charity Tournament August 16–18 raised more than $160,000 for cancer research. The tournament, featuring golf, softball and kickball tournaments, a 5K and 1 mile fun… 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.
Devall Receives First COI The United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles issued the area’s first Certificate of Inspection (COI) for Subchapter M compliance on August 15 to… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Senate easily approved the first “minibus” appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2019 that provides $6.8 billion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works, which one… Read More
Scheduled closures of the Illinois River in 2019 and 2020 to repair aging locks were the topic of greatest concern for members of the Illinois River Carriers Association (IRCA), as… Read More
Operators, managers and advocates for industry and navigation on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway gathered at the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort in Point Clear, Ala., August 21–23 for the 36th annual Tennessee-Tombigbee… Read More
The Great Lakes/Great Rivers section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) will hold its 2018 fall meeting October 3–4 at the Holiday Inn St. Louis-Downtown Convention… Read More
Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River watchstanders received a notification at 10:30 a.m. September 12 of a fire aboard the mv. Jacob Kyle Rusthoven at Mile 673, near West Helena,… Read More
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Port Operators Association (AOPOA) is made up of more than just the two states in its name. Kansas, Missouri, Colorado and Texas also have a stake in the… Read More
Officials from West Calcasieu Port, located in Sulphur, La., about 12 miles south of Interstate 10 along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, announced August 24 that work to dredge the port’s… Read More
Imperial River Transport LLC, Imperial, Pa., recently purchased the mv. Boonesboro, an 80-foot, 1,400 hp. towboat, from AEP River Transportation, West Columbia, W.Va. The boat was built in 1970 by… Read More
