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Port NOLA Receives $13.5 Million For Terminal Design Work

September 5, 2023

The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans voted unanimously at the board’s August 24 meeting to authorize Brandy Christian, the port’s president and CEO, to officially accept… Read More

The Husky, First Boat for Upper Mississippi Towing The Husky in service for Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation. (Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum collection)

The Husky in service for Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation. (Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum collection)

The Husky, First Boat for Upper Mississippi Towing

September 4, 2023

While the large steam sternwheel Jack Rathbone was under construction at the Marietta Manufacturing Company at Point Pleasant, W.Va., in 1937, a small diesel towboat was also being built at… Read More

Keith Norrington, Former Museum Curator, WJ Old Boat Columnist, Remembered Keith Norrington, former curator of the Howard Steamboat Museum and WJ Old Boat columnist, passed away August 30.

Keith Norrington, former curator of the Howard Steamboat Museum and WJ Old Boat columnist, passed away August 30.

Keith Norrington, Former Museum Curator, WJ Old Boat Columnist, Remembered

September 2, 2023

Friends remembered river historian and writer Keith Norrington following his passing on August 30. Norrington, 69, of New Albany, Ind., served as director and curator of the Howard Steamboat Museum… Read More

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction

September 1, 2023

Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March from the… Read More

Corps Dredges Get Busy On Mississippi River The Dredge Potter working on the middle Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of St. Louis Engineer District)

The Dredge Potter working on the middle Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of St. Louis Engineer District)

Corps Dredges Get Busy On Mississippi River

September 1, 2023

As harvest season commences, the Corps of Engineers and its contractors are busy with Mississippi River dredging. The St. Paul Engineer District has four mechanical dredges doing channel maintenance in… Read More

Bank Grading Unit Goes To Work On Lower Miss The new, $25.5 million bank grader, named Grader 1, is at work for the first time in revetment operations on the Lower Mississippi. It replaces a 74-year-old grader. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District)

The new, $25.5 million bank grader, named Grader 1, is at work for the first time in revetment operations on the Lower Mississippi. It replaces a 74-year-old grader. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District)

Bank Grading Unit Goes To Work On Lower Miss

September 1, 2023

The Memphis Engineer District’s new bank grader, Grader 1, is already hard at work helping to provide riverbank stabilization. Delivered to Memphis in April and christened in May, Grader 1… Read More

Brandon Road Agreement Could Be Near

September 1, 2023

Construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project could be delayed if a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) isn’t signed between the Corps of Engineers and the state of Illinois by September… Read More

PortSL, T. Parker Host Agree To Lower Price For Avondale

September 1, 2023

After first unveiling plans in January to purchase the former Avondale Shipyard on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish from T. Parker Host (Host), the Port… Read More

Long-Awaited Project To Deepen MKARNS To 12 Feet Begins

September 1, 2023

A channel-deepening project that has been talked about for 20 years is underway on the Arkansas River. The Tulsa and Little Rock Engineer Districts have begun a required environmental study… Read More

Three Rivers, Arkansas Deepening Projects Begin Waterways Journal Editorial

Three Rivers, Arkansas Deepening Projects Begin

September 1, 2023

This year saw the beginning of two important projects that, although distinct, are closely related. In June, the Tulsa and Little Rock Engineer Districts held public hearings to get feedback… Read More

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