AGRIServices of Brunswick (Mo.) experienced a slight uptick in barges last year, according to Business Development Manager Lucy Fletcher. In 2017, the company moved 225 barges. The previous year, 214… Read More
Ports & Terminals
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced its latest round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants earlier this month, with a pair of ports on the Gulf Coast receiving… Read More
It’s not often that two people bond over a fascination with barges. It’s even rarer that they end up married. This is what happened to John and Jacqueline Kindra, owners… Read More
Clayton Harris, executive director of the Illinois International Port District in Chicago, Ill., told The Waterways Journal that 2017 was a successful year for the port, which he hopes will… Read More
In November, the Port of Wilmington closed a deal with the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) and The Chemours Company to purchase the former Chemours Engineering site on Hay Road,… Read More
As part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s continuing effort to assure completion of port authority construction projects on time and within budget, the port authority… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local sponsor the Port of Everett in Seattle, Washington, began maintenance dredging of the upper and lower channel of the Everett Harbor and… Read More
The Connecticut Port Authority, in conjunction with the Connecticut Audubon Society, is beginning a program to monitor the population of Piping Plovers at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison. The… Read More
At the end of February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District marked the end of the deepening Savannah Harbor entrance channel. This $134 million leg of the Savannah… Read More
Latin America’s busiest port, the Port of Santos, Brazil, expects to receive larger vessels following recovery works that deepened berths between warehouses 12-A and 23 in a 1,700-meter (5,600-foot) area. Read More