Record-setting rains in the central and upper Midwest in the third week of February combined with melting snowpack to produce sudden and dramatic flooding across an arc from northern Louisiana… 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.
On January 18, the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing on America’s Water Resources Infrastructure: Approaches to Enhanced Project Delivery. Garret Graves… Read More
Longtime survey equipment providers Martin Instrument and Western Data Systems (WDS) merged on January 17, and are doing business as AllTerra Central, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Martin Instrument co-owners Bobby… Read More
As part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s continuing effort to assure completion of port authority construction projects on time and within budget, the port authority… Read More
The Connecticut Port Authority, in conjunction with the Connecticut Audubon Society, is beginning a program to monitor the population of Piping Plovers at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison. The… Read More
In January, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District, the Connecticut Port Authority, and the New Haven Port Authority held a public information meeting on the status of… Read More
On March 1, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing entitled, “The Administration’s Framework for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America.” The EPW committee was joined by… Read More
At its SITECH® Momentum conference in Lima, Peru on January 30 through February 2, the Trimble Civil Engineering and Construction division introduced its new Advanced Marine Partner (AMP) concept to… Read More
The 22nd World Dredging Congress & Exposition (WODCON XXII) has issued a call for papers. This year’s event, April 25 to 29 in Shanghai, China, will feature the theme, “Enhance… Read More
On March 8, Boskalis released its 2017 Annual Report and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report. We closed the year with revenue of EUR 2.3 billion ($2.83 billion US) and a… Read More
