Chet Morrison Contractors LLC, a leading energy service company for the oil, gas and renewables industries, has acquired two pipelay/construction barges and a saturation diving system, effectively doubling… 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.
Green Marine and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) announced a partnership agreement March 8 to further their common goals in fostering greater environmental sustainability in… Read More
Michael A. Khouri was designated by President Trump as chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission on March 7. He had previously served as acting chairman from January 23, 2017. Read More
Logistics services provider Beemac Logistics recently opened a new office in Pittsburgh, Pa., and is planning to open another office in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1984 and… Read More
(Note: this is an updated version of an article first posted to waterwaysjournal.net at 9 a.m. March 15.) In response to developing flood conditions in the upper Missouri basin, the… Read More
A towing vessel sank on the Lower Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La., March 14, making it the second week in a row a vessel has gone down due to… Read More
In response to developing flood conditions on the Missouri River, the Kansas City Engineer District commander, Col. Doug Guttormsen, declared a flood emergency to exist within the Kansas City… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Members of the waterways industry expressed disappointment over President Donald Trump’s $4.7 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, singling out its calls for a 31 percent funding… Read More
The 2019 runoff forecast in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is 28.4 million acre feet, 112 percent of normal, according to the Corps of Engineers’ Missouri… Read More
Dr. Jane McKee Smith, a senior research scientist with the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been elected to… Read More
