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The cutter suction dredge W.B. Woods, owned and operated by Avondale, La.-based Wood Resources, capsized January 16 off the east bank of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Mile… Read More

The year was 2006, and Errin Howard, mother of three, had just quit her job leading a Cincinnati-based environmental education program to stay home with her children. Then came a call… Read More

Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden and House Republican leaders drew their lines in the sand over raising the debt limit as the U.S. was projected to reach its approximately $31.381 trillion… Read More

The Department of Transportation just released the final version of its National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, a first-ever blueprint for decarbonization of transportation. It lays out a vision and set… Read More

Ongoing infrastructure investment, a push toward decarbonization and the challenge of recruiting the next generation of inland mariners are all defining the coming year’s challenges for the inland waterways. As… Read More

Damen Marine Components (DMC) has announced the company’s first multi-vessel order in the United States. C&C Marine & Repair, located on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Belle Chasse, La., will… Read More

There were two sternwheel packets named Granite State. According to Way’s Packet Directory, the first was built at California, Pa., in 1870 for Capt. Wash Kerr, who used it in… Read More

The Port of South Louisiana (Port SL) has reached an agreement with T. Parker Host to purchase the former Avondale Shipyard on the west bank of the Mississippi River in… Read More