The tradition of Rex, the King of Carnival, making a grand and dramatic arrival to New Orleans, his “Winter Capital,” the day before Mardi Gras dates back to 1874, just… 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.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has been elected by the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority to serve as its 2023 chairman. Members cited Beshear’s support of the inland waterways system during his… Read More
The regional metropolitan planning agency for the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, and northern Kentucky area is looking for information from the river industry to complete its new regional freight plan. The… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Provisions to boost port operations were among those included in actions announced by the Biden administration to expand offshore wind nationally. Topping that announcement was a proposal for the first-ever… Read More
American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) last week announced the hiring of Joel Gard as senior vice president of its newly established Interchange & Logistics business unit. With the associated realignment,… Read More
First responders rescued six people from a towboat February 17 after it became stuck on a rock dike in the Lower Mississippi River near Columbus, Ky. Hickman County (Ky.) 911… Read More
Turn Services, a New Orleans-based provider of barge towing and fleeting services, has filed a permit application with the New Orleans Engineer District to expand the company’s barge fleet in… Read More
The pieces are falling into place for construction to begin this year on Louisiana’s massive Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, planned for the west bank of the Mississippi River near the town… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI), an agency serving both blue-water and brown-water mariners in the United States, has expanded its team of full-time chaplains with the hire of the Rev. Read More
The United States Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has released an update to Work Instruction CG CVC-WI-010(3), which provides guidance to officers in charge of marine inspection (OCMIs)… Read More
