The International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC) has released both the 2017 edition of Dredging in Figures and the IADC Annual Report 2017. Dredging in Figures is an annual review… 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 2018 Ohio Dredged Material Summit will be held at Lorain County Community College on October 15. The summit will bring together experts in brownfields, brick and clay products; transportation and logistics;… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Federal agencies that impact the maritime industry such as the departments of Homeland Security and Transportation joined those that failed to receive their fiscal year 2019 funding under the… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and a host of elected officials, economic development experts and business leaders gathered October 4 at the site of Avondale Shipyard, located on the west… Read More
A September 28 grain storage report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows how soybean farmers are reacting to the Trump administration’s tariff war with China and China’s response: by… Read More
In 2016, Tom Venable and Pete Olson began developing an e-commerce platform that they hoped would bring a new model for putting together barges and commodities in the quickest, most… Read More
Less than two years since it began helping tug and barge operator Ivy Marine become one of the first companies to achieve compliance with new Subchapter M rules, Alabama-based Tug… Read More
A tow that broke apart in transit temporarily closed Melvin Price Locks and Dam, just above St. Louis, Mo., on October 2. At about 4:30 a.m., the mv. John D. Read More
On September 18, the Coast Guard released a revised policy letter, CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-02, Change-2, that credits external vessel audits conducted within three years prior to the issuance of… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has released the final scoping report documenting feedback the district received during hearings and public comments on a planned study of the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin. Read More
