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Judge Goebel Long Jr., 87, of Paducah, Ky., died February 28 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Long was a riverboat captain for 58 years for multiple companies and a veteran… Read More

A federal appeals court reversed a decision by a lower court to allow construction on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline to continue. A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court… Read More

The Port of Corpus Christi (Texas), the fourth largest port in the U.S. in total tonnage, has earned the 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence Award (TEEA) in Pollution Prevention, presented by… Read More

The Rock Island Engineer District, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will host a public open house today (March 26)… Read More

Damen Shipyards Group announced in mid-March that it has recently unveiled a Water Injection Dredger (WID), courtesy of a plug and play system aboard a Damen Multi-Cat. Such capabilities are… Read More

Representatives of the Mississippi Valley Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) gathered in New Orleans, La., February 28 and March 1 for the organization’s 2018 construction roundtable… Read More

Heartland Barge has hired Blake Grimmett as its grain freight sales manager. Grimmett recently moved to St. Louis, Mo., from New York, where he worked for Lansing Trade Group for… Read More

Northern Lights announced March 8 that it has delivered its 55,000th generator to Damen Shipyard in a ceremony at Damen’s headquarters. The 80 kw. Northern Lights M1066T generator set will… Read More

A tow of 28 barges broke up in the Lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., on March 19 after the towboat pushing it lost power and the current pushed the… Read More

Arlen “Benny” Cenac Jr., CEO of Houma, La.-based Cenac Marine Services and owner of Main Iron Works, announced earlier this month a contract for the Houma shipyard to build four… Read More