A major hydraulic system replacement at Willow Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 161.7, is expected to be complete within days, putting an end to sometimes lengthy delays. The… Read More
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The 1930s saw great technological advancement in the river industry, and in towboat construction in particular. Steam was still predominant for large boats, but diesel power was becoming more prevalent. Read More
The management group of Convent, La.-based Associated Terminals announced on May 10 the acquisition of S.H. Bell Company, a cargo handling and storage service headquartered in Pittsburgh. Under the purchase… Read More
Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners LLC, one of the largest providers of maritime financing solutions with a focus on Jones Act vessels, announced this month that the company has received a… Read More
The recently concluded 40th anniversary River and Marine Industry Seminar of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association in New Orleans saw an appearance by former co-director Maurice Hebert, now… Read More
There’s light at the end of the lock chamber for stakeholders of both the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), with emergency repairs almost complete at Demopolis… Read More
In an event organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Assistant Secretary of the Army-Civil Works Michael Connor visited Lock and Dam 25 in… Read More
Johnny Holt has been part of Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company nearly 36 years. Holt’s first day on the job was July 15, 1988, and he started out as a… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works is soliciting proposals from non-federal interests for inclusion in the 2025 annual report to Congress on future water resources development. Read More
The 102nd meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) April 11 in Springfield, Va., (WJ, April 29) served as a goodbye of sorts, with Mark Pointon, the board’s outgoing designated… Read More