A load of pipe believed to be one of the largest tows to move north on the Missouri River in years was recently delivered to Nebraska City, Neb. The load… 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.
Members of Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) and maritime industry stakeholders gathered at the Four Seasons in New Orleans November 13-15 for WCI’s annual Waterways Symposium. This year’s symposium, while focusing… Read More
A federal jury convicted a scuba dive boat captain November 6 of criminal negligence in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard his vessel in 2019. The… Read More
The Panama Canal, which handles about 5 percent of world trade by volume, has been hit by an El Niño drought for most of 2023 that has severely affected water… Read More
Marine Money International, the publisher of Marine Money magazine, will hold the second annual Marine Finance Forum in New Orleans November 30 at the Four Seasons Hotel. The one-day event,… Read More
James “Jay” Talbert, 73, died peacefully in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Florence, Ky., on October 22, surrounded by family and friends. After graduating from high school in 1968, Talbert entered and… Read More
Washington, D.C.—With only days left before another funding deadline, House Republicans conceded they had not yet settled on a workable strategy to avoid a government shutdown on November 17. House… Read More
While the Lower Mississippi River has rebounded somewhat from record lows in mid-October, the river is falling again, and low-water conditions are expected to continue. The Memphis Engineer District held… Read More
On January 1 of this year, the final version of the California Harbor Craft emissions rule issued by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) took effect. It gave operators of… Read More
Cummins Inc. announced November 4 that its proposal to jointly develop a methanol kit for its QSK60 engine as part of the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition was… Read More
