A mariner on the Lower Mississippi could pass by the New Orleans riverfront a thousand times and not even know it, but there’s a ship buried there, near the… 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.
In the wake of the sentencing of a Mississippi towboat captain for illegally using revoked merchant mariner documents to work as a captain, the Coast Guard is drawing attention… Read More
The mv. Tommy H successfully received Campbell Transportation Company’s (CTC) first Certificate of Inspection (COI). Dave Baisden, with the Coast Guard, presented the COI to Capt. Joe Gray. Read More
Scania U.S.A. Inc. recently announced the expansion of marine territories for two of its distributors, Cascade Engines Center LLC and Mack Boring & Parts Company. Cascade Engines Center… Read More
This year, the annual meeting of the Mid-America Regional Exam Center workgroup (MAREC) is being held this year in conjunction with the Inland Marine Expo (IMX) put on by… Read More
An already-soaked middle and southern U.S. will soon be getting another surge of water from snowmelt from the “bomb cyclone” that pummeled part of the Upper Plains with “historic”… Read More
Local authorities in Loudon County, Tenn., are not releasing the name of the owner of a runaway barge that was stopped just short of crashing into a Tennessee River… Read More
At the March 13 U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing concerning the reauthorization of the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), the Diesel Technology Forum submitted a… Read More
John G. Wosman, 64, former employee—and later owner—of Diesel Fuel Injection Service Inc. of St. Louis, died on February 21. He worked in the industry for 47 years before… Read More
Florida Marine Transporters (FMT) will host its 18th annual FMT Charity Golf Ball Bash at the Beau Chene Country Club in Mandeville, La., with a shotgun start at 9… Read More
