Wärtsilä was chosen to provide engines, propellers and control system for a new, large-size hopper dredge being built by the Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group. The 103-meter (338-foot), 4,975… 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 Jan De Nul Group has released its annual report citing a turnover of 1.758 million euro ($2.1 million USD) and an EBITDA of 365 million, rising to 21 percent of… Read More
This year’s International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Young Author Award was given to François De Keuleneer, the co-author and presenter of “Enhancing Workability by Operational Wave Modelling.” The Young Author… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced additional work that it will accomplish with funding provided in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District has added a new survey vessel to its fleet. Ewell is a 61-foot catamaran outfitted with the latest multibeam SONAR technology and… Read More
May 22 was National Maritime Day, and at the Inland Marine Expo (IMX) in St. Louis, it was celebrated by a rousing talk on the day’s origins and history given… Read More
One of the many informative educational sessions given at the Inland Marine Expo was presented in the Ferrara Theater by Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC). Read More
Washington, D.C.—Bills that would impact the waterways industry by funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and boost the nation’s water transportation system could be among the first acted upon… Read More
Harvey Gulf International Marine, the New Orleans, La.-based marine transportation company that operates a fleet of about 60 offshore supply vessels serving the deepwater oil and gas industry, announced May… Read More
The 2018 Pushing Hope annual marine industry charity tournament for the benefit of the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center has been set for August 16-18. The event will be held… Read More
