The Mississippi River Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, will undergo a two-phase renovation beginning in April 2024. The renovation is part of the Preserve the Wonder Capital Campaign, conducted in… 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.
Reggie McLeod, editor and publisher of Big River Magazine, was honored recently with the National Achievement Award, the highest honor presented by the National Rivers Hall of Fame. McLeod received… Read More
The initial images from Algiers Lock in New Orleans back in the summer, following a July 4 allision, certainly made an impression. Around 6 p.m. that day, the lead barge… Read More
An international logistics firm, Deugro, has announced it has opened a new 96,775-square-feet operations and logistics terminal in Baytown, Texas. Deugro is a family-owned global firm whose name is a… Read More
The Jones Act is once again being targeted by its enemies in the wake of a series of setbacks facing the wind industry. The Danish company Ørsted, the world’s largest… Read More
The lock expansion project at Lock and Dam 25 poured its first concrete November 3 and had another pouring November 15. It is currently on schedule and slightly under budget. Read More
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Jim Smith Contracting and a demolition subcontractor have moved the explosive demolition of the Old U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., to November 29… Read More
A ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by representatives of several elected officials representing the region was held for the new Corn Belt Ports office on October 19 on Western Illinois University’s riverfront… Read More
What’s happening to the world’s riverborne transportation systems? Within the past several years, all of the world’s major rivers that are also commercial traffic arteries have suffered either extreme drought,… Read More
RiverWorks Discovery and representatives from the New Orleans area’s maritime industry joined forces November 15 and 17 to host two “Who Works the Rivers” events at the Port of New… Read More
