Perry Nicosia, the district attorney for St. Bernard Parish, the community immediately downriver from New Orleans, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the parish government that challenges the jurisdictional… 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.
With the July 28 christening of the mv. Troy Bernier, Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners LLC (MP) honored one of the company’s bright young leaders, 28-year-old associate Troy Bernier. Speaking at… Read More
In its July 27 second-quarter earnings announcement, Kirby Corporation reported net earnings of $57.4 million, or $0.95 per share, up from $28.5 million or $0.47 per share for the same… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) on August 1 reported net earnings for the second quarter of 2023 of $1.7 million, a turnaround from the same quarter a year… Read More
The St. Louis Engineer District temporarily closed the 1,200-foot main chamber at Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Ill., August 1 to all commercial and recreational traffic after a… Read More
The mv. City of Louisville grounded July 29 on the Upper Mississippi River after puncturing its hull. The Coast Guard received a report about 4:30 p.m. July 29 from the… Read More
State legislatures in Michigan and Illinois have now both passed funding measures that will help fund construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, designed to keep invasive carp from spreading… Read More
The sheer frequency of allisions at the Brazos River Floodgates on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Freeport, Texas, is astonishing. Speaking to GIWW stakeholders who gathered in New Orleans… Read More
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announced August 1 additional Corps of Engineers studies and projects funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the… Read More
As the work passes the halfway point, three closed and dewatered locks and dams on the Illinois Waterway are on schedule for reopening September 30. “It’s on task and on… Read More
