The American Waterways Operators decried the April 18 vote stalling the Coast Guard authorization bill. The bill included the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA), which would establish a uniform national… 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.
Kirby Corporation on April 25 announced first-quarter earnings of $32.5 million, or $0.54 per share, compared with $27.5 million, or $0.51 per share, for the 2017 first quarter. Consolidated revenues… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Transportation renamed the TIGER grant program and kicked off a new effort to award $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding, with applications due July 19. Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance announced April 20 that Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg had issued an initial Certificate of Inspection (COI) to the towing vessel… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District announced that the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project will be held August 29 at the project site. The $2.7 billion project on… Read More
On April 23, U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R–PA) submitted a joint bipartisan letter to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R. D. James, requesting that beach nourishment… Read More
HYPACK supplied the U.S. Army Diving Team with HYPACK® MAX and HYPACK® MARINE SEARCH software solutions that will be used on their vessels, outfitted with GPS, single beam echosounder and… Read More
The Coda Octopus Echoscope® was used to conduct a subsea structural assessment of two high priority river dams in Australia. The Echoscope captured structural, sedimentary and depth data in high… Read More
On April 19, Simwave officially opened its 5,000-square-meter (16,404-square-foot) maritime training center in Barendrecht. The 300 guests took a behind the scenes look at the new location, which houses more… Read More
Following the success of its DOP submersible pump, Damen Dredging Equipment has launched a new DOP Dredge Series. The DOP dredges, using submerged DOP pumps, can go deeper than a cutter suction… Read More
