The mayor of St. Charles, Mo., located on the Missouri River just west of St. Louis, is reviving efforts to relocate the Arabia Steamboat Museum, a Kansas City museum centered… 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.
Officials with the Port of Caddo-Bossier, along with representatives from the Louisiana Department of Transportation (LaDOT) and the Red River Waterway Commission, held a ribbon cutting ceremony last month for… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The Coast Guard is encouraging the maritime industry to learn of the changes in policies to address sexual assault and sexual harassment (SASH) prevention. Included in the James M. Read More
By William C. Baldwin and James A. Kearns III For more than a year, a bipartisan team of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.)… Read More
Around 7:40 p.m. December 29, the mv. Patrick J. Studdert, an 87-foot by 32-foot towboat operated by Buffalo Marine Service, collided with the bulk cargo ship Clara B near Lower… Read More
A little over a year ago, We Work The Waterways (WWTW), an educational outreach program of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT), didn’t even exist. Now, with 2024 in… Read More
The main chamber of Wilson Lock and Dam will not reopen until mid-June, according to the latest estimates, nine months after popping noises caused its closure September 25. The initial… Read More
While still in office, former President Jimmy Carter, who died December 29 at the age of 100, vacationed on the historic steamboat Delta Queen for a week beginning on August… Read More
A new economic study released by the Texas Ports Association shows $713.9 billion in economic activity is generated annually by 23 Texas ports, making up 28 percent of the state’s… Read More
For more than 35 years, an American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) holiday tradition has brought joy to senior adults living in southern Indiana. Through the company’s Senior Angels program, ACBL team members… Read More
