With its permit from the Corps of Engineers for its barge dock on the Ohio River in hand, Nucor Steel West Virginia conducted a groundbreaking ceremony October 20 for its… 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.
On July 17, Russia repudiated its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement between the United Nations, Turkey, and Ukraine that allowed grain exports from Ukraine through the… Read More
Amogy Inc., a pioneer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions, recently announced its expansion to Houston, with renovation underway on a 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility within its four acres of leased… Read More
Entact LLC, a Dallas-based provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services, announced September 18 that it has acquired White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. Based in Norton Shores, Mich., White… Read More
Vanderbilt University’s Climate Change Initiative is working with the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition and others to study how to make barge transportation even more environmentally friendly. In a presentation titled… Read More
American Mine Services, Boulder, Colo., was awarded a $2.4 million contract by the St. Paul Engineer District to construct bulkhead slots on the intermediate wall and river wall upstream of… Read More
As Mississippi River levels continue to sink, barge traffic from the Arkansas River is being restricted. After dipping briefly on October 18 to -12 feet at Memphis, breaking more low-water… Read More
Although the Mississippi River remains extremely low, flows below Baton Rouge, along with mitigation efforts by the New Orleans Engineer District, continue to hold at bay salt water intruding up… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District awarded a $1.5 million contract to OCCI Inc., doing business as Missouri Fabricators, of Fulton, Mo., to fabricate four replacement tainter valves at Upper Mississippi… Read More
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, from National Maintenance & Repair of Louisiana regarding a missing worker who had reportedly last… Read More
